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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1991

DONATION TO HELP HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN

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DESIGNED

TO HELP HEARING

IMPAIRED PRIMARY

A TWO-YEAR PILOT PROJECT CHILDREN WITH BACKWARD ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS WILL NOW BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION OF $400,000 FROM THE EPSON FOUNDATION.

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, TODAY (TUESDAY) ACCEPTED A CHEQUE FOR THE AMOUNT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FOUNDATION, MR MASAYUKI TAKAHASHI, AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF WHICH OPERATED THE SCHEME.

VICTORIA

PARK

THE EPSON FOUNDATION WAS FORMED EARLY THIS YEAR WITH A SUM OF $6 MILLION FROM EPSON HONG KONG LTD AND EPSON PRECISION HONG KONG LTD WITH THE GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF PROMOTING AND ADVANCING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG THROUGH DONATIONS TO EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS.

PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION

INCLUDED THE ESTABLISHMENT :

OF 12 SCHOLARSHIPS IN SIX LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND A SERIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESEARCHES.

OF

IN ACCEPTING THE DONATION ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL, MR LI SAID HE WAS HEARTENED TO REPORT THAT PUPILS WHO JOINED THE PROGRAMME HAD BEEN FOUND TO HAVE MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, LEARNING SKILLS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMPARED WITH THOSE THAT HAD NOT.

MR LI ADDED THAT WITH THE DONATION

SEPTEMBER PILOT SCHEME WHICH STARTED IN EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

FROM

1989

EPSON, THE TWO-YEAR WAS NOW ABLE то BE

PARK

UNDER THE SCHEME, THE VICTORIA

SCHOOL FOR THE DRAF OPERATES TWO UNITS WITH 20 PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE ATTENDING ORDINARY PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

EACH PUPIL ADMITTED ATTENDS TWICE A WEEK FOR TWO HOURS PER SESSION DURING WHICH INDIVIDUAL SPEECH AND AUDITORY TRAINING AS WELL AS GROUP REMEDIAL TEACHING ARE GIVEN IN THE BASIC SUBJECTS OF CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS.

VISIT

PUPILS' HOMES

AND

ALSO IN ADDITION, RESOURCE TEACHERS SCHOOLS TO OFFER ADVICE IN HELPING THESE CHILDREN.

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