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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1963

TURNING TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT THE TREND ALL OVER THE WORLD WAS INCREASINGLY TO INTEGRATE RETARDED CHILDREN INTO NORMAL SCHOOLS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

THIS, HE SAID, WAS PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE 80 000

OR SO CHILDREN WHO WERE ONLY MILDLY RETARDED.

+THE ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRATION FROM AN EARLY AGE ARE CLEAR, HE SAID, THE RETARDED CHILD WILL BE STIMULATED AND WILL BE LEARNING FROM OTHER CHILDREN, AND THE ORDINARY CHILDREN WILL GROW UP MORE LIKELY TO BE FREE FROM THE PREJUDICE AND IGNORANCE ABOUT THE MENTALLY RETARDED THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY STILL COMMON TODAY.+

SIR PHILIP VISITS LANDS DEPARTMENT

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON CAVE, TODAY VISITED VARIOUS OFFICES OF THE LANDS DEPARTMENT IN MURRAY BUILDING.

ON ARRIVAL, SIR PHILIP WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS MR JOHN TODD, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LANDS, MR P.A. WARD: THÉ PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER, MR C.S. CHAU; THE GOVERNMENT LAND SURVEYOR. HR J. DALGLE ISH- THE HEAD OF THE ADMINISTRATION

MR DIVISION, MR Á. LEUNG AND THE DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARY, MR M.F. ADAL.

FOLLOWING A BRIEFING BY MR TODD ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT SIR PHILIP VISITED THE TOWN PLANNING DIVISION WHERE HE WAS SHOWN A MODEL OF SOME OF THE WORKS BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE VICTORIA BARRACKS, AS WELL AS TOWN PLANNING DRAWINGS AND CHARTS.

HE THEN VISITED THE SURVEY DIVISION WHERE LAND SURVEY AND MAPPING OPERATIONS WERE EXPLAINED, SIR PHILIP ALSO SAW A DISPLAY OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MAPS AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS.

SIR PHILIP ALSO MET THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR D.M. SCOTT-WILL, AND THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL SOLICITOR OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT (LAND OFFICE), MR C.M. PICKEN, WHO BRIEFED HIM ON LAND DISPOSAL AND LEGAL ADVISORY WORK ON LAND ADMINISTRATION.

SIR PHILIP THEN HAD A CHAT WITH HEADQUARTERS STAFF, INCLUDING MR NG KI-BIU, DRIVER, WHO WAS AWARDED THE BEM IN THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS, PRIOR TO CONCLUDING HIS TWO-HOUR VISIT.

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