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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1989

LONG-TERM PLANS FOR TALENTED CHILDREN URGED

THE GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATIONALISTS WERE URGED TODAY (SUNDAY) OUT LONG-TERM PLANS FOR DISCOVERING GIFTED CHILDREN AND

TO MAP DEVELOPING THEIR POTENTIAL.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR AND DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MR HUI YIN-FAT, WHEN SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE **PAINT AND PLAY ACTIVITIES DAY" IN CENTRAL.

MR HUI SAID THAT OWING TO THE ABSENCE OF A LONG-TERM, PRACTICABLE POLICY, TALENTED CHILDREN COULD NOT GET PROPER CARE AND THEIR TALENTS WERE RESTRICTED BY THE TRADITIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THE FUNCTION, HELD AT EDINBURGH PLACE, WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 300 CHILDREN.

THEY TOOK PART IN A VARIETY OF CREATIVE LEARNT HOW TO HANDLE PROBLEMS BY THEMSELVES.

ACTIVITIES, AND ALSO

THE CREATIVE ACTIVITIES INCLUDED WOODWORK, HANDICRAFT,

SANDWICH MAKING, COLLAGE ART, JUNK ᎪᎡᎢ . CLAY-DOLL MAKING, DOUGH

MODELLING AND SAND GAMES.

AT THE EVENT PARENTS ALSO LEARNT HOW TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL.

MR

OTHER GUESTS INCLUDED THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN), MISS JOEY LAM; CHAIRMAN OF CHUNG WAN AREA COMMITTEE, LAWRENCE LAM; CHIEF SOCIAL WORK OFFICER, MRS PATRICIA CHU; KERLEY:

CHAIRMAN OF PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION, MRS SUSAN THE CO-ORDINATOR OF THE SALVATION ARMY, MS ROSE HO.

THE

AND

THE "PAINT AND PLAY ACTIVITIES DAY" WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE CHUNG WAN AREA COMMITTEE, THE PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS ASSOCIATION AND THE SALVATION ARMY TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD.

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