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AS IT WAS NOT HIS INTENTION TO CANCEL ANY OF THE POLICIES WOULD ALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT IN THE MEANTIME.

AS

INSURANCE

AUTHORITY

HE

HAD

APPROVED PRINCIPLE AND BELIEVED THIS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY INTERESTS OF POLICY HOLDERS AND CLAIMANTS.

THEY

THE OF

TRANSFER PROTECTING

IN

THE

HK RED CROSS A PIONEER IN PROVIDING SPECIAL EDUCATION

ELIZABETH

WONG,

CROSS AS "A PIONEER" IN HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AS

HEALTH

WELFARE, MRS AND THE SECRETARY FOR TODAY (THURSDAY) HAILED THE HONG KONG RED

PHYSICALLY PROVIDING SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR WELL AS FOR CONVALESCING CHILDREN IN HOSPITALS.

KONG RED CROSS AND SPEAKING AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF HONG

ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN OPEN DAYS OF RED CROSS SCHOOLS, SHE SAID SINCE

HONG KONG 1950, THE RED CROSS HAD CARED FOR AND SERVED THE PEOPLE IN

DISEASE AND BY ITS INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND MITIGATING PAIN.

AND STAFF, THE RBD "SINCE 1954, WITH THE HELP OF PRINCIPALS

PEOPLE CROSS SCHOOLS FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED HAVE HELPED YOUNG

THEIR TO OVERCOME

DIFFICULTIES IN TO MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL AND

SHE SAID. ADAPTING THEMSELVES IN LIVING AND LEARNING,'

"THESE YOUNG

PEOPLE HAVE

DEVELOPED

CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

INTO WELL-ADJUSTED

AND

то HOSPITALISED YOUNG "THE HOSPITAL SCHOOLS PROVIDE TEACHING

NOT INTERRUPTED AND FACILITATE PATIENTS SO THAT THEIR SCHOOLING IS THEIR RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITALS."

ALSO POINTED OUT

WONG MRS

PHYSICALLY THAT EDUCATING

IT CALLED FOR IMMENSE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WAS NOT AN EASY TASK AS PATIENCE, LOVE AND CO-ORDINATION AMONG VARIOUS PROFESSIONALS.

THE

AND THE

EFFORTS HAVE

BEEN

DIFFERENCES INDIVIDUAL "YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

CHILD BEFORF A COMPREHENSIVE AND BALANCED SPECIAL NEEDS OF EVERY

THIS

YOUR RESPECT EDUCATION CAN BE OFFERED. IN EXEMPLARY," SHE TOLD RED CROSS OFFICIALS.

AND CO-ORDINATED EFFORTS

BE

"I AM SURE THAT WITH THE CONTINUOUS BETWEEN THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE GOVERNMENT, THERE WILL A BETTER TOMORROW FOR OUR CHILDREN."

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