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TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1981

HOW TO TEACH HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ABOUT CULTURE

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TEACHERS OF ART, CRAFT AND MUSIC IN SPECIAL CLASSES ARE URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN A SEMINAR NEXT MONTH ON THE TEACHING OF CULTURAL SUBJECTS TO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

THE SEMINAR AIMS AT HELPING TEACHERS OF CULTURAL SUBJECTS IN SPECIAL CLASSES TO UNDERSTAND THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THE SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS FOR THESE SUBJECTS.

SPECIALISTS WILL BE DELIVERING LECTURES ON EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, ART THERAPY, MUSIC FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, AND TEACHING OF ART AND CRAFT TO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

AFTER EACH LECTURE, PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN A DISCUSSION SESSION.

THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD ON MAY 2 BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, TEACHERS MAY CONTACT MR K.H. CHAN CF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION ON 5-778311 EXT. 147.

BONSAI SHOW IN TUEN MUN ON SATURDAY *****

A 10-DAY BONSAI (MINIATURE TREE) EXHIBITION WILL OPEN IN TUEN MUN PLAYGROUND ON SATURDAY (APRIL 11).

ON DISPLAY WILL BE OVER 400 BONSAI PLANTS PROVIDED BY THE CHING CHUNG TAOIST MONASTERY AND LOCAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING A 200-YEAR-OLD BEECH TREE BELIEVED TO BE A FAVOURITE OF THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF THE CHING DYNASTY.

THE ABBOT OF CHING CHUNG MONASTERY, THE REV HAU PO-WOON, SAID HE HOPED THE EXHIBITION WOULD BRING TO LOCAL PEOPLE THE ART OF POT LANDSCAPE WHICH WAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED SOMETHING FOR RICH AND INTELLECTUAL, PEOPLE IN CHINA.

+JUST IMAGINE HAVING OLD TREES AND PRECIPITOUS ROCKS ON THE TABLE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, REV HAU SAID. +BONSAI STRESSES THE EMBODIMENT OF THE BEAUTY OF NATURE IN A TINY COMPASS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO HONG KONG BECAUSE IT REMINDS US THAT QUALITY AND BEAUTY ARE ACHIEVABLE EVEN THOUGH LIFE IS BUSY AND ROOM IS LIMITED.+

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AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY. SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JIMMY SWEETMAN, WILL OFFICIATE.

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