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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1979

OVER 500 SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE IN HK

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ON RECORD A TOTAL OF 532 SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. THE HON. K.L. THONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. ANDREW SO, DR. THONG ADDED THAT 122 OF THESE PEOPLE WERE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR ADMISSION INTO HOSPITAL.

THREE-MONTH TRAINING COURSE

FOR TEACHER-LIBRARIANS

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A SERIES OF IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES ON LIBRARIANSHIP FOR TEACHERS WILL BE HELD AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE TAKING UP THE NEW POST.

THE COURSE IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES.

SPEAKING ON THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG PROGRAMME +TALKABOUT+ TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE LIBRARIAN OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MRS. BARBARA LUK SAID THE INITIAL TRAINING COURSE WOULD LAST FOR THREE MONTHS.

+THE COURSE WILL BE HELD IN THE EVENINGS AND ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, AND FURTHER TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A LATER STAGE,+ SHE SAID.

THE TEACHER-LIBRARIAN SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR BASED ON PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE WHITE PAPER +THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION+ PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

UNDER THE SCHEME, ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH 18 CLASSES OR MORE CAN APPOINT A NON-GRADUATE TEACHER TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY ON A FULL-TIME BASIS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

*THE TEACHER-LIBRARIAN WILL BE A NON-GRADUATE TEACHER WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS' TEACHING EXPERIENCE.

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