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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1992
CALL TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, TODAY (THURSDAY) APPEALED TO ALL WELFARE AGENCIES TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMME TO INTEGRATE DISABLED CHILDREN INTO NORMAL CHILD-CARE CENTRES.
MRS GOODSTADT MADE THE CALL WHEN ADDRESSING YAN CHAI HOSPITAL'S SEVENTH CHILD-CARE CENTRES GRADUATION CEREMONY.
"IT NOT ONLY PROVIDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED CHILDREN TO RECEIVE PRE-SCHOOL CARE AND TRAINING BUT ALSO ENABLES CHILDREN TO LEARN IN THEIR EARLY AGE HOW то ACCEPT OTHER CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, SHE SAID.
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SHE POINTED OUT THAT REHABILITATION DEPENDED ON ACCEPTANCE THE COMMUNITY AND THE CONCEPT SHOULD BE TAUGHT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
MOREOVER, DISABLED CHILDREN LEARNED BETTER IN A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAN IN A SEGREGATED SETTING, SHE SAID.
"HONG KONG HAS MADE A GOOD START IN ITS INTEGRATED
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FOR DISABLED CHILDREN, MRS GOODSTADT ADDED.
PROGRAMME
THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 CHILD-CARE CENTRES PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMME, PROVIDING 676 PLACES FOR DISABLED CHILDREN.
"HOWEVER, A LOT MORE NEED TO BE DONE AS THERE ARE STILL OVER 600 DISABLED CHILDREN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR ADMISSION TO DAY-CARE CENTRES," MRS GOODSTADT SAID.
DEPUTY REGISTRAR OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTED
THE JUDICIARY ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT HER HONOUR JUDGE LEAH CANNON HAD BEEN APPOINTED DEPUTY REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT, WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 9 THIS YEAR.
MISS CANNON WAS BORN IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND IN 1937 AND STUDIED IN UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO FROM 1962 TO 1968.
SHE WAS ADMITTED AS SOLICITOR IN NEW ZEALAND BARRISTER THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
IN 1968 AND AS
BETWEEN 1969 AND 1981, MISS CANNON WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.
SHE WAS APPOINTED A MAGISTRATE IN HONG KONG IN AND WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN OCTOBER APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT IN JANUARY 1991.
JANUARY 1982
SHE WAS
1987.
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