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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1987

CHANGING

NEEDS AND THE EDUCATION,

THE

MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF UNIVERSAL PRIMARY AND JUNIOR SECONDARY TARGET GROUPS HAD BEEN EXTENDED FROM ORPHANS AND CHILDREN UNABLE ΤΟ ATTEND SCHOOL BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES TO THOSE WHO HAD UNSATISFACTORY FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS OR BEHAVIOURAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.

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WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE

HOUSE SYSTEM, COLLECTIVE CARE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY INDIVIDUAL CARE, THEREBY MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR EACH CHILD TO BENEFIT FROM A MORF HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE, HE SAID.

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MR CHAMBERS NOTED THAT IN RECENT YEARS IT HAD BEEN RECOGNISED THAT IT WAS DESIRABLE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF VERY LARGE ORPHANAGE OR CHILDREN'S HOME TOWARDS SMALLER UNITS IN WHICH IT WAS POSSIBLE TO CREATE A SITUATION CLOSER TO THAT OF A NORMAL HOME, BY PLACING SMALL GROUPS OF CHILDREN UNDER THE CARE OF HOUSE PARENTS.

"I AM GLAD TO NOTE THAT THE SOCIETY HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN THIS AREA BY SETTING UP THE HOUSE SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.

"IT IS ALSO NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO TAKE PART IN AS MANY ACTIVITIES AS POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, IN ORDER TO HELP THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE AND THIS TOO YOUR SOCIETY HAS ACHIEVED THROUGH ITS DIVERSIFIED PROGRAMMES FOR THE CHILDREN, HE SAID.

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HEARING TESTS ON WORKERS BEGIN

THE FIRST AUDIOMETRIC TESTS FOR WORKERS IN HIGH RISK INDUSTRIES BEGAN TODAY (TUESDAY) IN A TEXTILE FACTORY IN TSUEN WAN .

MORE THAN 40 WORKERS OF THE CENTRAL TEXTILE LTD TOOK PART IN THE ACUITY HEARING TESTS WHICH WERE CONDUCTED BY A VISITING TEAM COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY'S OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH UNIT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

NOISE LEVELS AT THE WORKPLACE WERE ALSO SURVEYED.

TODAY'S TESTS ARE PART OF THE YEAR-LONG CAMPAIGN ON HEARING CONSERVATION

FOR

WORKERS SHIPBUILDING/SHI PREPAIRING, INDUSTRIES.

IN

TEXTILES,

PLASTICS, METAL

AND

ELECTRONICS, CONSTRUCTION

/A REPORT