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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1986

THE EMPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AUDIOLOGISTS WAS UNDER CONSIDERATION SO THAT OUTREACH AND PERIPATETIC PROGRAMMES COULD BE ORGANISED, HE SAID.

MR LEUNG ALSO RECALLED THAT LAST YEAR A REFRESHER COURSE ON AURAL REHABILITATION WAS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF, WITH OVERSEAS EXPERTS BEING INVITED TO ATTEND.

BESIDES SUBVENTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOL PREMISES. THE GOVERNMENT HAD EXPANDED SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR EDUCATING THE DEAF.

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1935, MR LEUNG SAID A REPROVISIONING PROJECT HAD BEEN APPROVED.

+THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SCHOOL PREMISES WILL BE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT WHILE THE BUILDING OF DORMITORIES AND THE GYMNASIUM WILL BE SUBVENTED BY THE HONG KONG LOTTERIES FUND AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,+ MR LEUNG SAID.

+ IF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED IN 1989 AS SCHEDULED, THE NEW PREMISES WILL PROVIDE 26 STANDARD CLASSROOMS AND MANY SPECIAL RJOMS SUCH AS THE SCIENCE LABORATORY, THE SPEECH THERAPY ROOM, ART AND CRAFT ROOM, DOMESTIC SCIENCE ROOM AND RESOURCE ROOM.

+THESE IMPROVED FACILITIES WILL GIVE DEAF CHILDREN A FAR BETTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.+

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL FOR ITS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN EDUCATING THE DEAF. MR LEUNG SAID STUDENTS WERE NOT ONLY PROVIDED WITH EXPERT TEACHING AND GUIDANCE BUT WERE ALSO HELPED TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL IN BECOMING CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

+GRADUATES OF THIS SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY OVERSEAS UNIVERSITIES AND BEEN ABLE TO PURSUE HIGHER ACADEMIC STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES,+ MR LEUNG SAID.

MANY HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GAINING ENTRANCE TO TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC WHILE OTHERS HAD FOUND GOOD EMPLOYMENT.

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