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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985

THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEES, WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WOULD BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THE TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK AND GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR, 170-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, TSUEN WAN AT 2.30 PM,

FOLLOWING ARE THE MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER:

TAI PO DISTRICT COMMITTEE

ISLANDS DISTRICT COMMITTEE

SHA TIN DISTRICT COMMITTEE

KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT COMMITTEE

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMITTEE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS VISIT SPECIAL SCHOOL

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FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TODAY (WEDNESDAY)

VISITED THE MARY ROSE SCHOOL IN KOWLOON TO SEE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES OFFERED TO AUTISTIC CHILDREN.

TAKING PART IN THE VISIT WERE MRS CHAU MA PUI-KIN, DR JOHN CHEN, MRS MABEL CHOW, PROFESSOR BRIAN COOKE AND MISS MARION FANG,

THE PARTY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SERVICES), MR JOHN LEUNG, THE PRINCIPAL EDUCATION OFFICER (SPECIAL EDUCATION), MR K. H. CHAN, AND THE BOARD SECRETARY, MR W.M. HO.

MARY ROSE SCHOOL; AN AIDED CO-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, WAS FOUNDED BY THE CHRIST CHURCH COUNCIL IN 1970 AND HAS OPERATED SINCE LAST YEAR A NEW MODE OF EDUCATIONAL PROVISION AIMED AT INTEGRATING AUTISTIC CHILDREN INTO SOME OF THE CLASSES.

IT OPERATES SEVEN CLASSES WITH A MAXIMUM ENROLMENT OF 140, HOWEVER, ON COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL'S REPROVISIONING PROJECT IN KOWLOON TONG IN 1986, IT WILL THEN OPERATE 10 CLASSES FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND 10 CLASSES FOR MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN,

THROUGH THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL'S SOCIAL WORKERS, PUPILS LEAVING SCHOOL WILL BE REFERRED FOR OPEN EMPLOYMENT OR PLACEMENT IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES, SKILLS CENTRES FOR THE DISABLED OR SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.

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