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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989

THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS TO THE ICAC DIRECTED AGAINST THE POLICE HAD DECLINED FROM 1,443 IN 1974 (45 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED), TO 702 IN 1984 (30 PER CENT OF TOTAL COMPLAINTS), AND FURTHER DOWN TO 441 COMPLAINTS (20 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, IN 1988.

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY SAID THIS DOWNWARD TREND WAS CONTINUING AND UP TO THE END OF MAY THIS YEAR. CORRUPTION COMPLAINTS INVOLVING POLICE OFFICERS WERE 11 PER CENT LOWER THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

"IN CONTRAST TO THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IS THE INCREASING PROPORTION OF COMPLAINANTS WHO ARE PREPARED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, HE SAID.

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"THIS IS OF GREAT HELP TO THE ICAC IN CARRYING OUT INVESTIGATIONS AND IS A SIGN OF INCREASED PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM," HE ADDED.

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THE SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO DEAL WITH CORRUPTION IS WORKING WELL AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE HIGH," MR BARNES SAID.

LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AMONG STUDENTS TACKLED

CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED ΤΟ MALADJUSTMENT AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AMONG STUDENTS.

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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON STATED THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY}, WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP.

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ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR PROVIDING MORB RESOURCES IN THIS AREA, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IS NOW STUDYING BEHAVIOURAL AND CURRICULAR PROBLEMS, AND I EXPECT THAT RECOMMENDATIONS RELEVANT ΤΟ THIS QUESTION WILL BE MADE IN THE COMMISSION'S NEXT REPORT," MR YEUNG SAID.

DR IF HAD ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SCHOOLS WITH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF MALADJUSTED CHILDREN SO AS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE REMEDIAL TRAINING AND COUNSELLING TO THESE CHILDREN.

MR YEUNG SAID HE ASSUMED DR IP WAS ASKING ABOUT CHILDREN IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS WHO HAD EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, RATHER THAN THOSE WITH SPECIFIC PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES FOR WHOM SPECIAL EDUCATION MIGHT BE PROVIDED.

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