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Tuesday, June 26, 1973
NEW SCHOOL FOR SLOW LEARNERS
The government has granted more than $1.5 million towards the
cost of building a school for slow-learning children.
The grant has been made to the Hong Kong Association for Mentally
Handicapped Children and Young Persons.
The amount represents a capital subsidy of over $921,000 towards
80 per cent of the building costs plus a special government grant of more
than $624,000.
The association has received a donation from the Lions Club of
Hong Kong for the remaining 20 per cent. But due to rising costs, its
share of the contribution has increased by about $30,000.
This additional cost has now been met with a grant from the
Government Lotteries Fund.
Situated in Blue Pool Road, Happy Valley, the Lions Morninghill
School is designed to accommodate 200 slow-learning children, and will be
subsidised by the Education Department.
The school now operates in temporary premises in the Wah Fu
Estate, as the new building will not be ready until December this year.
The association, now caring for over 100 children at its school.
in Wah Fu, is a welfare organisation concerned with the well-being and
education of handicapped children.
It is also operating another subsidised school for slow learning
pupils in Yau Tong and a training centre for mentally handicapped children.
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