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SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1989

RESOURCES UTILISE THEIR "SCHOOLS ARE ENCOURAGED TO AND TO ADOPT DIFFERENT TEACHING APPROACHES RELEVANT TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR PUPILS.

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FLEXIBLY NEEDS AND

ITS SECOND

CITING THE SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM PROJECT, NOW IN

NEW TEACHING WITH YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS POLICY, MR LI URGED

то EXPERIMENT

NEEDS IN PUPIL'S MEET SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR DEAF CHILDREN TECHNIQUES AND TO USE TECHNICAL AIDS TO HELP COMMUNICATION.

INNOVATIVE A HIGH REGARD FOR

AND HAS BY

SCHOOLS THESE ADOPTED

OF HEARING-IMPAIRED ABILITY

"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS METHODS AND ADAPTIVE APPROACHES ENGAGED IN JOINT STUDIES TO IMPROVE THE PUPILS IN COMMUNICATION AND ADJUSTMENT IN THE SOCIETY," HE ADDED.

MORE YOUTH CENTRES IN TUEN MUN

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THE

ADDITIONAL YOUTH FIVE MORE CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES AND ONE

THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MUN OVER TUEN CENTRE WILL BE OPENED IN DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SHAN KING CHILDREN YOUTH CENTRE UNDER THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, MRS SAID THERE WERE NOW 15 SUCH CENTRES SERVING THE 335,000 POPULATION THE DISTRICT, 37.5 PER CENT OF WHICH WERE YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND

WONG

IN

THE PROMOTE SET UP WERE SHE SAID CENTRES INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE

TO WOULD GROW UP THEY SO THAT 24 YEARS OLD CITIZENS.

TO

BECOME

PHYSICAL, BETWEEN SIX AND RESPONSIBLE

CENTRES "THERE ARE NOW OVER 200 SUCH TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 200,000.

IN HONG

KONG, WITH

A

FOR THIS IN ADOPTED WILL BE

DEMANDS," WITH REGIONAL

"ABOUT $17 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AS EXPENDITURE SERVICE IN 1989-90 AND A MORE FLEXIBLE APPROACH PLANNING MORE CENTRES IN THE FUTURE TO COPE MRS WONG SAID.

WAS WARMLY SUPPORTED ABOUT 1,500

THE SHAN KING CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE BY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND ITS MEMBERSHIP HAD GROWN TO SINCE IT STARTED OPERATION LAST DECEMBER.

IT WAS THE 33TH CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE RUN BY THE HONG KONG AND DEVELOPING FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS, WHICH HAD BEEN PROMOTING YOUTH SERVICES UNCEASINGLY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, MRS WONG NOTED.

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