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HRC will examine the report during its Autumn session from October 21 to November 8. A Hong Kong team will attend as part of the UK delegation.
Free copies of the report are now available at the Marketing Office of the Information Services Department, 17th floor, Siu On Centre, 176-192 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai.
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Views on special education report sought
School sponsors, serving school principals and teachers, practitioners in special education sector and related fields, and members of the public are invited to give views and suggestions on a newly released report on the review of local special education.
The Report of the Sub-committee on Special Education is prepared by the Board of Education Sub-committee on Special Education. It recommends a package of comprehensive measures to improve special education in the territory.
English copies of the report and its executive summary (English and Chinese versions) are available for collection at the Education Department's Reception Counter on tenth floor, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai.
Views and suggestions on the report should reach Mrs Fanny Lam, the Board Secretary, at Room 1123, Education Department Headquarters, Wu Chung House, on or before July 8 (Monday).
To gauge public views on the report, two public consultation sessions will be conducted on June 12 (Wednesday) at Grantham Campus of the Hong Kong Institute of Education at 42 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, and June 13 (Thursday) at Hong Kong Teachers' Centre at 4 Pak Fuk Road, North Point, respectively. Both sessions will be held between 6 pm and 8 pm.