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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1987
FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS WITH FEWER CLASSES,
SUPPORT SERVICE WOULD THE SPECIAL EDUCATION
BE PROVIDED BY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS OF SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR LI ADDED.
HE PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PARTICULARLY THE OPERATION OF 12 SPECIAL FOR 1,500 MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
SCHOOLS
WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE ASSOCIATION WOULD BUILD THREE MORE SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TOWNS IN THE
SCHOOL NEAR FUTURE, SAID MR LI, ADDING THAT THE NEW
AT LAI KING IN KWAI CHUNG WOULD BE OPERATIONAL IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR WHILE THE TWO OTHERS IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN WOULD OPEN IN 1989 WITH A TOTAL PROVISION OF 700 SCHOOL PLACES FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
ISLANDERS GET HEALTH ADVICE
ELDERLY RESIDENTS AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF HONG KONG
TOI ISLAND
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THE PO
OBTAINED FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS FROM A MEDICAL TEAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ISLANDERS AGED 60 AND OVER, WHO MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTY TRAVELLING A LONG DISTANCE TO SEEK HEALTH ADVICE WERE ACCORDED THE PRIORITY TO GET THE SERVICE.
AS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES ARE COMMON DISEASES FOR THAT AGE GROUP, THE MEDICAL TEAM CONCENTRATED ON. CHECKING BLOOD PRESSURE AND SCREENING DIABETES FOR THE ISLANDERS AT A SERVICE CENTRE SET UP AT THE PO TOI VILLAGE OFFICE.
THE PROGRAMME WAS A *HEALTH DAY' PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE WITH THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY, HONG KONG UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION.
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE SAID: 'THE HEALTH DAY PROJECT IS PART OF THE DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME AND IT 19 THE THIRD TIME THAT SIMILAR PROJECT HAS BEEN ORGANISED, FOLLOWING TWO SUCCESSFULL ONES AT TỪNG CHUNG AND SHA LO WAN PREVIOUSLY.
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"ISLANDERS LIVING AT THE REMOTE AREAS OF THE DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF HOW DISTANT THEY ARE, WILL NOT BE LEFT OUT IN CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDE THIS KIND OF SERVICES," HE ADDED.
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