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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992
DEAF CHILDREN HELPED TO INTEGRATE INTO NORMAL SCHOOL LIFE * * * * * *
BOARD OF
CHILDREN WERE TRAINED AND DURING A VISIT TO THE SUEN MEI DEAF AND SUEN MEI KINDERGARTEN IN MBI FOO SUN TSUEN.
EDUCATION
SPEECH
MEMBERS TODAY (THURSDAY) HELPED TO ADAPT TO NORMAL SCHOOL
AND HEARING CENTRE FOR
SAW
HOW
DRAF
LIFE
THE
BY THE ASSISTANT
PROGRAMMES FOR DEAF CHILDREN ALSO INVOLVES THE PARTICIPATION
IN OF
THE SEVEN-MEMBER GROUP WAS ACCOMPANIED DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), MR LUCAS CHAN.
THE CENTRE
TRAINING RUNS LIPREADING AND SPEECH WHICH PARENTS.
THE KINDERGARTEN OPERATES NINE BISESSIONAL AND WHOLE-DAY CLASSES FOR ABOUT 180 CHILDREN, 12 OF THEM WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT.
LAI,
MR
PETER
LEE
BOARD MEMBERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE VISIT WERE MISS BOW SUI-MAY,
CHING, MS ANDREY SANSAN
EU, MRS MINNIE SHUNG-TAK, MR LUKE YIP AND MR ALBERT LAI.
MS
ELEVEN NEW ELDERLY RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN THE PIPELINE
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THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE AGED POPULATION ANTICIPATED IN THIS DECADE AND THE NEXT WILL KEEP THE DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AT A CONSTANTLY RISING LEVEL. THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' JOCKEY CLUB CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME FOR THE ELDERLY IN SANDY BAY, MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT THAT THE AIM OF THE POLICY I3 ΤΟ PROVIDE NEW HOMES TO MEET THE DEMAND IN FULL BY THE END OF THIS DECADE.
"THE OPENING OF THIS HOME TODAY WILL BRING THE NUMBER OF SELF-FINANCING HOMES TO 32 WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 2,258 PLACES.
THE PIPELINE AND PLACES, OF WHICH
THIS WILL MORE THAN
'A FURTHER 11 PROJECTS ARE IN BRING THE CAPACITY TO A TOTAL OF 3,909 HALF WILL BE CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES,' HE SAID.
LAST YEAR, 13 NEW ELDERLY INSTITUTIONS WERE OPENED, PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 1,471 PLACES, INCLUDING 574 CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES, MR CARTLAND SAID.
"INDEED THE STOCK OF SUBVENTED CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES HAS INCREASED BY 125 PER CENT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.'
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