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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988
IN CASES OF LEARNING OR
BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES, THR CHILD WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION.
OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOLS DIVISION WOULD ALSO HELP IN FLACING SUCH CHILDREN IN SUITABLE SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
**WHERE NON-ATTENDANCE IS DUE TO PARENTAL INDIFFELENCE, NEGLIGENCE OR HOSTILITY, ORAL OR WRITTEN WARNINGS ARE GIVEN, MR BRIDGE SAID.
IF, DESPITE WARNINGS, THE CHILD CONTINUED NOT TO ATTEND SCHOOL, AN ATTENDANCE ORDER WAS SERVED ON THE PARENT.
THE PARENT MIGHT APPLY TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR A REVIEW OF THE ATTENDANCE ORDER; BUT IF THE PAKENT IGNORED THE ATTENDANCE ORDER, THE CASE MIGHT BE BROUGHT TO COURT, HE SAID.
"MOST GENUINE DROPOUT CASES ARE SETTLED WITHIN THREE ΤΟ SIX MONTHS, IN A SMALL NUMBER OF COMPLICATED CASES, A LONGER TIME MAY BE REQUIRED," MR BRIDGE NOTED.
AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM PLANNED FOR WARDS
ENVIRONMENT,
THE
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BETTER HEALTH CARE GOVERNMENT HAS SUPPORTED A REQUEST FROM THE CARITAS MED CAL CENTRE
AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR 10 OP FOR PROVISION OF A CENTRAL WARDS.
ITS
HEALTH AND THE SECRETARY FOR
WELFARE, THE HON COUNCIL INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE
OF THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD CHOW.
T.H.
CHAU
IN
MR CHOW HAD SAID THAT SOME OF THE WARDS IN CARITAS HOSPITAL WERE OFTEN AFFECTED BY SMOKE EMITTED FROM FACTORIES IN THE AREA.
MING
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT OF THE EIGHT HOSPITAL BLOCKS WHICH
WAI COMPRISED THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE, ONE, THE
WAS BLOCK, LOCATED CLOSE TO A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
THE
ANY FORM "THE 10 WARDS IN THIS BLOCK DO NOT, AT PRESENT, RAVE
WITH AIR-CONDITIONING,
RESULT THAT EMISSONS FROM NEARBY FACTORIES CAN ENTER THE WARDS THROUGH THE WINDOWS," HE SAID.
OF
BY THE
PANANCE COMMITTEN, THE CENTRAL THE 1989-95 PYNANCIAL
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WOULD BE INSTALLED IN
YEAR.
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