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Monday, May 21, 1973
NEW CENTRE FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
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A new centre for mentally handicapped children will be officially opened on Wednesday (May 23) by the Deputy Director of Social Welfare, Mr. Thomas C.Y.Lee.
The centre in the growing industrial town of Kwai Chung, is already operational and at the moment has an enrolment of 31 mentally retarded children. It has a capacity for 100 children and this is expected to be reached within a year.
The Kwai Fong Morninglight Centre, as it is called, is the sixth project to be operated by the Hong Kong Association for Mentally Handicapped Children and Young Persons Limited, and is supported by a grant from the Lotteries Fund.
The Association already operates three centres and two special schools in the Wah Fu and Yau Tong public housing estates and in Tai Po.
The Kwai Chung centre is a day centre for moderately retarded children from 6-16. Its programme includes instruction in self-help, social adjustment training and crafts. The children are also taught language, number work and speech.
The curriculum lays strong emphasis on outdoor activities both
recreational and educational.
A spokesman for the Association said the centre aims to provide
the children with basic training geared to their developmental stage, to develop their potential and to provide an environment which satisfies their
needs for acceptance and security.
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