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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994

RESIGNATIONS.

REASONS

ARE

SCHOOL SOCIAL

FOR

THEIR

SELDOM GIVEN BY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS HOWEVER, IT IS UNDERSTOOD FROM SCHOOL HEADS AND SOME WORKERS, THAT AMONG THOSE RESIGNATIONS

WITH

KNOWN

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REASONS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SOME TOOK UP ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK (ASWO) POSTS OR JOINED OTHER SERVICE UNITS IN THE WELFARE

SOME EMIGRATED, WHILE A FEW PURSUED FURTHER STUDIES

OFFICER SECTOR.

CHANGED PROFESSION.

OR

THE PROVISION RATIO OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR ALL TYPES OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS IS 0.5 WORKER FOR EVERY 35 PUPILS.

THERE ARE 62 SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN 1994/95, EXCLUDING ONE HOSPITAL SCHOOL WHERE PUPILS ARE SERVED BY MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF AID FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS, ASWOS ARE PROVIDED IN 28 SPECIAL SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE

THOSE FOR MALADJUSTED CHILDREN AND THOSE WITH SENIOR SECONDARY CLASSES. THE REMAINING 34 SCHOOLS ARE PROVIDED WITH SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS AT THE SENIOR SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT RANK. THESE 34 SCHOOLS COMPRISE 32 SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR PUPILS WITH MILDLY OR MODERATELY MENTAL HANDICAP, ONE FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PUPILS AND ANOTHER ONE FOR HEARING IMPAIRED PUPILS. THIS PROVISION IS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A JOB INSPECTION TEAM WHICH PREPARED THE CODE OF AID FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN 1981. THE TEAM, CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, HONG KONG SPECIAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, CONSIDERED THAT THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY SOCIAL WORKERS IN THESE SCHOOLS WERE LESS COMPLICATED OR DIVERSIFIED..

AS REGARDS STANDARDISATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS IN ALL SPECIAL SCHOOLS, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REVIEW OF SPECIAL EDUCATION WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED BY A SUB-COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS ALSO CONSULTING THE HONG KONG SPECIAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL ON THIS ISSUE.

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USE OF POWDERED-GLASS LINES IN KITE-FLYING DISCOURAGED

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON HA WING-HO AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES SO, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

QUESTION : THE USB OF "GLASS THREAD" TO FLY KITES, WHICH IS A LONGSTANDING HABIT AMONG MANY KITE LOVERS, CONSTITUTES A DANGER TO OTHER PICNICKERS. ONLY RECENTLY, A CHILD CYCLING AT PAK TAM CHUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS CUT IN THE NECK BY A "GLASS THREAD". IN VIEW OF THIS, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHETHER:

(A) ANY MEASURES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT SUCH ACCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING; IF SO, WHAT THOSE MEASURES ARE; IF NOT, WHAT THE REASONS ARE; AND

/(B) THE GOVERNMENT