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Reply:
Mr President,
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(b)
(c)
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Under our present policy, blind children are placed in special schools for. the blind and mentally handicapped children in special schools for the mentally handicapped. The only exception is one special school, the Pokfulam Training Centre, which caters specifically for blind children who are also mentally handicapped.
The curricula for the blind children and mentally handicapped children are designed to meet their specific needs. In addition to orientation and mobility training, blind children generally follow the regular academic curriculum as far as possible. For mentally handicapped children, the Education Department has specifically designed programmes to prepare them for living and functioning in their homes and in the community, and to equip them with basic academic skills, functional mathematics and work habits for further vocational training. The curriculum used in the Pokfulam Training Centre is basically the same as the one for mentally handicapped children, with additional elements on orientation and mobility training.
As explained in (a) above, blind children and mentally handicapped children will not be placed in the same school. Under the present funding arrangement, special schools for the blind and special schools for the mentally handicapped receive different levels of Government subsidies to meet their specific needs.
End/Wednesday, April 19, 1995
Model Scale I civil servants
The following is a question by the Hon Cheung Man- kwong and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Civil Service, Mr Chris Jackson, in the Legislative Council today Wednesday):
Question:
Regarding civil servants remunerated on the Model Scale I (MOD I), will the Government inform this Council:
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