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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1988

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EFFORTS MADE TO ASCERTAIN STUDENTS' STATE OF HEALTH

TO

PARENTS

ON THE HON TODAY

IT IS NOT CONSIDERED NECESSARY OR PRACTICAL TO REQUIRE

SCHOOL AUTHORITIES REPORTS TO THE MEDICAL SUBMIT FORMAL

AND MANPOWER, FOR SECRETARY

EDUCATION REGISTRATION, THE

COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE

DOMINIC WONG SHING-WAH, (WEDNESDAY).

TOLD THE

AND

THE

HIN-KWONG, MR WONG REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CHIU EXPLAINED THAT A NUMBER OF MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE MEDICAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND SCHOOLS TO ENABLE

OF THE HEALTH OF THEIR SCHOOL AUTHORITIES TO HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE STUDENTS.

"SINCE

1978

THE

MEDICAL AND OPERATING A COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION BIRTH TO THE AGE OF FIVE," HE SAID.

HAS BEEN DEPARTMENT HEALTH SCHEME FOR ALL INFANTS

FROM

"THE

OBJECTIVE IS

ABNORMALITIES

CONGENITAL THAT ENSURE ΤΟ

ARE DETECTED SO THAT TREATMENT DEVELOPMENTAL REMEDIAL ACTION IS TAKEN AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

ALL

OR AND

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PHYSICAL

PARENTS WERE THUS MADE AWARE AT AN EARLY STAGE OF ANY OR DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THEIR CHILDREN.

WAS LIKELY THAT

WOULD PASS THIS PARENTS IT MR WONG SAID

OF THEIR INFORMATION ON TO THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES UPON THE ADMISSION CHILDREN OR AFTER SUCH CONDITIONS WERE DIAGNOSED.

IN FACT,

MANY SCHOOLS

REQUESTED

ENTRANTS IN THE "FAMILY PARTICULARS FORM"

+

MEDICAL

DETAILS OF NEW

THE "SEPARATELY,

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT

CONDUCTS A COMBINED

SCREENING PROGRAMME OF ALL PRIMARY 1 PUPILS IN ORDER TO DETECT VISUAL, HEARING, SPEECH AND LEARNING DISABILITIES,

"THE RESULTS OF THIS SCREENING

++

HE SAID.

ARE CONVEYED ΤΟ THE SCHOOLS

CONCERNED.

Fr

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS ALSO THE PRACTICE OF SCHOOLS TO OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES EXEMPT PUPILS FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION LESSONS SHOULD THEIR PARENTS SO REQUEST ON MEDICAL GROUNDS.

"INDEED A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY AT THE WRITE TO PARENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR,

FROM PHYSICAL THEIR CHILDREN NEED TO BE EXEMPTED

PRIMARY LEVEL, ASKING WHETHER

LESSONS

EDUCATION

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FOR HEALTH REASONS,

HE ADDED.

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