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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1991
DONATION TO HELP HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN
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DESIGNED
TO HELP HEARING
IMPAIRED PRIMARY
A TWO-YEAR PILOT PROJECT CHILDREN WITH BACKWARD ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS WILL NOW BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION OF $400,000 FROM THE EPSON FOUNDATION.
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, TODAY (TUESDAY) ACCEPTED A CHEQUE FOR THE AMOUNT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FOUNDATION, MR MASAYUKI TAKAHASHI, AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WHICH OPERATED THE SCHEME.
VICTORIA
PARK
THE EPSON FOUNDATION WAS FORMED EARLY THIS YEAR WITH A SUM OF $6 MILLION FROM EPSON HONG KONG LTD AND EPSON PRECISION HONG KONG LTD WITH THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTING AND ADVANCING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG THROUGH DONATIONS TO EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.
PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION
INCLUDED THE ESTABLISHMENT :
OF 12 SCHOLARSHIPS IN SIX LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND A SERIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESEARCHES.
OF
IN ACCEPTING THE DONATION ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL, MR LI SAID HE WAS HEARTENED TO REPORT THAT PUPILS WHO JOINED THE PROGRAMME HAD BEEN FOUND TO HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, LEARNING SKILLS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMPARED WITH THOSE THAT HAD NOT.
MR LI ADDED THAT WITH THE DONATION
SEPTEMBER PILOT SCHEME WHICH STARTED IN EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
FROM
1989
EPSON, THE TWO-YEAR WAS NOW ABLE то BE
PARK
UNDER THE SCHEME, THE VICTORIA
SCHOOL FOR THE DRAF OPERATES TWO UNITS WITH 20 PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE ATTENDING ORDINARY PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
EACH PUPIL ADMITTED ATTENDS TWICE A WEEK FOR TWO HOURS PER SESSION DURING WHICH INDIVIDUAL SPEECH AND AUDITORY TRAINING AS WELL AS GROUP REMEDIAL TEACHING ARE GIVEN IN THE BASIC SUBJECTS OF CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS.
VISIT
PUPILS' HOMES
AND
ALSO IN ADDITION, RESOURCE TEACHERS SCHOOLS TO OFFER ADVICE IN HELPING THESE CHILDREN.
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