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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1980

ON THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS OF THE TOWN HALL ARE A CULTURAL ACTIVITIES HALL AND AN EXHIBITION GALLERY TOTALLING 747 SQUARE METRES IN AREA WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR STAGING DISPLAYS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.

ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS THE FOYER AND A COFFEE LOUNGE.

THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL IS A PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN REALISED IN THE PLANNING STAGE.

THE DESIGNS FOR ITS EMBLEM AND MURALS WERE CHOSEN THROUGH AN OPEN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IN WHICH $23 000 IN CASH AND OTHER PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO THE WINNERS.

THE DESIGN OF THE EMBLEM, WHICH WILL BE PLACED ON THE OUTER WALL OF THE TOWN HALL, INCORPORATES THE CHINESE CHARACTER FOR +TSUEN+ TO SIGNIFY THE SHAPE OF A BUILDING,

THERE ARE THREE MURALS IN THE BUILDING, ONE ON EACH FLOOR.

EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN *****

MORE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS EFFORTS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR, MORE THAN 700 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PUPILS ARE STUDYING IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.

THE PROGRESS OF THEIR STUDIES IS CLOSELY WATCHED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS' CO-OPERATION.

+THESE STUDENTS ARE VIRTUALLY TREATED THE SAME WAY AS OTHERS. THEY ARE TAUGHT BY THE SAME TEACHERS, FOLLOW THE SAME CURRICULUM AND DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF CLASSWORK AND HOMEWORK, SAID THE PRINCIPAL OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE WHICH HAS THREE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS.

+THOUGH THEY HAVE TO WALK ON CRUTCHES, THEY ARE IN EVERY WAY, AND LIKE EVERYBODY, VALUABLE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, IN FACT, THEY ARE AS COMPETENT AS THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS AND MIX WELL WITH THEM, HE SAID,

AMONG THE THREE, A FORM 4 STUDENT, MR. YEUNG MING-KUNG, HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS ABILITY AND CAME FOURTH IN THE LAST ACADEMIC SESSION. THE OTHER TWO, ONE IN FORM 7 AND ONE IN FORM 5, ARE ALSO DOING WELL IN THE IR STUDIES.

ALL THREE OF THEM ARE ALSO ENJOYING THEIR SCHOOL LIFE,

/+MY SCHOOL

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