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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989.
ON CHILD ABUSE, MR SHIPMAN SAID IT WAS SOMETHING WHICH VIEWED WITH REPUGNANCE, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE DID ALL WE TO GUARD AGAINST IT.
WE ALL COULD
HE NOTED THAT PROPOSALS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE SHOULD BE HANDLED WOULD SOON BE PUT TO THE SOCIAL HOW CASES OF SUSPECTED WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOLLOWING A REVIEW WOMEN AND JUVENILES ORDINANCE.
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IN
*INDEPENDENTLY, WE ARE CONSIDERING, VOLUNTARY SECTOR WHETHER THE DEFINITION IMPROVED SO THAT IT REFLECTS MORE CLOSELY THE KONG," HE ADDED.
OF THE PROTECTION OF
CONJUNCTION
WITH
THE
OF CHILD ABUSE CAN BE CIRCUMSTANCES IN HONG
GROWN
OVER THE PAST FROM THE RANGE THAT
ON REHABILITATION, MR SHIPMAN POINTED OUT THAT TWO DECADES, HONG KONG'S REHABILITATION SERVICES HAD MOST RUDIMENTARY TO
WIDE-RANGING EXISTED TODAY.
AND SOPHISTICATED
THE
HE POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NOW 71 SPECIAL SCHOOLS, THERE WAS A SERIOUS SHORTFALL OF CHILDREN.
SCHOOLS FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
IS
"EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PLACES AND IT ANTICIPATED THAT DEMAND WILL BE FULLY AMELIORATE THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS DUE
MET WITHIN FIVE YEARS. ΤΟ RESOURCE TEACHING IS ARRANGED FOR THOSE WITHOUT A
ΤΟ THE SHORTFALL, HOME-BASED SAID.
SCHOOL
PLACE, HE
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"FOR OLDER DISABLED CHILDREN, SOCIAL CENTRES ARE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES INTERESTS.
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HE ADDED.
FOR
LEARNING
"IN SCHOOLS, TRAINING CENTRES
SEX
EDUCATION
ARE
SOCIAL
AND
SKILLS
SOCIAL
AVAILABLE
ΤΟ
AND PURSUING
CENTRES,
HYGIENE AND
PERSONAL TRAINING IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED
INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMME. THIS TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE, MR SHIPMAN POINTED OUT.
CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS
RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES
"
WHO NEED
HAD ALSO BEEN MADE IN IMPROVING FOR HANDICAPPED RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES ORGANISED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WERE
CHILDREN. MOREOVER ALL OPEN
TO DISABLED CHILDREN.
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