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FIRDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1991
H
BY DECISION
GOVERNOR THE
THAT THE
HE SAID, COUNCIL, IN THE APPROVED POLICY
"WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH" INDLUDED THE IMPORTANT
ACTIVELY SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN HONG KONG WITH ALL TEACHERS IN A SCHOOL
RESOLVE THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL PUPILS TO ASSISTING PROBLEMS WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND GOOD BEHAVIOUR.
PARTICIPATING IN
HE SAID
THESE WERE IMPORTANT
BECAUSE
THEY
THE RECOGNISED THE WIDE RANGE OF
IMMENSE DIVERSITY OF ABILITY AMONG STUDENTS, AND INDIVIDUAL NEED THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MUST PROVIDE FOR.
OF
STUDENT
BEHAVIOUR
BY
CREATING "THEY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM
BEST OF CONDITIONS IN WHICH ALL STUDENTS CAN FLOURISH HAPPILY TO THE
THE BOREDOM AND FRUSTRATION THEIR ABILITY, THUS HELPING TO PREVENT WHICH IS SO OFTEN AT THE ROOT OF BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS," HE SAID.
A FUTURE
FOSTER AND SMALL GROUP HOMES
DEVELOPMENT IN CHILD CARE
1991 CARE IN TAKE PRECEDENCE
POLICY AS SET OUT IN THE HONG KONG'S OWN CHILD CARE SOCIAL WELFARE WHITE PAPER EMPHASISES THAT NON-INSTITUTIONAL THE FORM OF FOSTER HOMES AND SMALL GROUP HOMES WILL OVER INSTITUTIONAL CARE IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS WAS STATED
TODAY
(FRIDAY)
BY
THE
DIRECTOR
OF
SOCIAL
WELFARE, MR M. D. CARTLAND, AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHENG KUNG HUI DIOCESAN WELFARE COUNCIL 90/91 AT ST ANDREW'S CHURCH.
DEPRIVED OF A OF CARE,"
"AT ANY ONE TIME ABOUT 2,500 CHILDREN, WHO ARE NORMAL FAMILY LIFE WITH THEIR NATURAL PARENTS, ARE IN NEED HE SAID.
THEM HAD MR CARTLAND NOTED THAT THE APPROACH TO LOOKING AFTER
PLACE THEM MAINLY ΤΟ
IN
HOMES CHILDREN'S
WITH IN THE PAST BEEN CAPACITIES RANGING FROM 50 TO 200 PLACES.
HE ADDED
THAT SUCH
CERTAINLY INSTITUTIONS
CLOTHING, PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD, SHELTER, EDUCATION.
"BUT, ALTHOUGH
ADDRESSED
THE
HEALTH
AND
THEY
AND
RUN WITH GREAT SKILL AND DEDICATION,
CANNOT
ATTENTION INDIVIDUAL HOPE TO DELIVER THE WARMTH,
WHICH STIMULATION WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT TO A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT AND
FAMILY SETTING, HE CAN ONLY REALLY BE PROVIDED SATISFACTORILY IN A STRESSED.
T
RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE AND WAS HEAVILY
IN MANY DEVELOPED SOCIETIES THE APPROACH TO CARE HAD THUS MOVED AWAY FROM INSTITUTIONAL BASED ON FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION, MR CARTLAND SAID,
/THE THINKING