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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989

"CASES OF MILD MALADJUSTMENT ARE USUALLY DEALT WITH BY THE SCHOOL-BASED STUDENT CLASS TEACHER WITH SUPPORT WHERE NECESSARY FROM

CASE OF GUIDANCE OFFICERS IN THE

PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AND FROM THE SCHOOL'S GUIDANCE TEAM IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HE SAID.

TO

"IN 1982 THE STAFFING RATIO IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WAS IMPROVED

PROVIDED WITH ALLOW REMEDIAL TEACHING, AND A SENIOR TEACHER POST WAS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE.

HAVE

BEEN PROVIDED TO

"SINCE 1986, FIVE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS EVERY STANDARD GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOL TO STRENGTHEN PASTORAL SERVICES AND TO ENABLE MORE REMEDIAL TEACHING.

"WHERE A PROBLEM CANNOT BE DEALT WITH WITHIN THE SCHOOL, IT CAN BE REFERRED TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELLORS OR EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS."

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EDUCATIONAL

LEARNING, IN ADDITION

IMPAIR MR YEUNG SAID SEVERE MALADJUSTMENT COULD THAT INTENSIVE REMEDIAL TEACHING WAS REQUIRED

COUNSELLING.

EIGHT

SO TO

CHILDREN

ADDITIONAL STAFF ΤΟ

ANY GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SCHOOL HAVING AT LEAST

WAS PROVIDED WITH WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES UNDERTAKE INTENSIVE REMEDIAL TEACHING IN SMALL GROUPS.

ADDITIONAL UP TO TWO

TEACHERS MIGHT BE PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE IN ANY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND UP TO THREE IN ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL.

"GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS HAVING FEWER THAN EIGHT SUCH CHILDREN AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS MAY REFER THESE CHILDREN TO TEACHING CENTRES OPERATED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,' HE ADDED.

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SPACE POSSIBLE FOR GREENERY IN REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES

THE GOVERNMENT WILL CERTAINLY LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES MORE PLANTS AND TREES INCLUDED IN REDEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

то HAVE

BARNES,

THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM STATED THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM.

THE

"THIS SHOULD BE POSSIBLE IN LARGER SCHEMES, SUCH AS COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES DONE BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND OTHERS.

DIVIDENDS,

"BUT TREES AND PLANTS DO NOT NORMALLY PAY FINANCIAL AND IT IS SELDOM PRACTICABLE TO INSIST THAT PEOPLE REDEVELOPING SINGLE SITES SHOULD RESERVE SPACE FOR PLANTS AND TREES, BECAUSE THERE ARE FREQUENTLY NO PLANNING OR OTHER POWERS, MR BARNES SAID.

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