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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1985

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'INTEGRATION IS TREND IN SPECIAL EDUCATION'

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INTEGRATION IS THE TREND IN SPECIAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG WHERE MANY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATED INTO ORDINARY SCHOOLS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE SHELL- ISLAND JAYCEES SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE DISABLED, MR LEUNG SAID SOME HANDICAPPED STUDENTS HAD ATTAINED GOOD RESULTS IN PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS AND WERE ADMITTED TO TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

+GIVEN SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, HANDICAPPED PUPILS CAN SUCCEED JUST AS THEIR ABLE-BODIED COUNTERPARTS, HE SAID,

MR LEUNG SAID THE SHELL-ISLAND JAYCEES SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE DISABLED WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE HANDICAPPED. + IT MOTIVATES HANDICAPPED PUPILS TO ACHIEVE SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATING THE 10 AWARD RECIPIENTS, MR LEUNG SAID THE AWARD WAS IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, CONDUCT AND ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL AND ALSO THE IR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

HE SAID THE IR ACHIEVEMENT WAS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE LIGHT OF THE EFFORTS THEY HAD TO PUT IN TO OVERCOME ADDITIONAL OBSTACLES CONFRONTING THEM.

+YOU DESERVE THE HIGHEST PRAISE BECAUSE YOU SET A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT ONE SHOULD TRY ONE'S BEST TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS AND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN SPITE OF ONE'S LIMITATIONS.

+BY SERVING THE COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SHOWN YOU ARE WELL INTEGRATED IN THE COMMUNITY.+

MR LEUNG ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS OF THE HANDICAPPED STUDENTS. +WITHOUT THE IR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, THESE PUPILS MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO ATTAIN SUCH ADMIRABLE ACHIEVEMENTS,+ HE SAID,

THE 10 OUTSTANDING PUPILS OF THE YEAR ARE HO WING-SUM AND CHEUNG FUNG-HAR OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. HUNG SIU- YING OF MONG KOK LUTHERAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, NG KAR-MAN OF THE VICTORIA PARK SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, KWONG HING-CHUNG OF THE CCC MONG KOK CHURCH KAI O SCHOOL, LEE KA-YEE OF HO MAN TIN GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, LAW PUT-CHING OF JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTRE, HU! CHI-KWAN OF CANOSSA SCHOOL FOR THE VISUALLY DISABLED YIU TSE-KEUNG OF KWAI FONG MORNINGLIGHT SCHOOL AND WONG TAK-HING OF LIONS MORNINGHILL SCHOOL.

MERIT.

THEY EACH RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP OF $800 AND A TROPHY OF

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