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To help pupils experiencing more serious learning difficulties to cope with the curriculum, the department's Services Division has organised resource classes, peripatetic teaching service, resource teaching centres and adjustment programmes.
Other support/assessment services provided by the division include psychological services, audiological services, services for pupils with visual problems and speech therapy services.
School heads are urged to make use of these services to help immigrant pupils overcome learning difficulties and adjustment problems.
They should also give parents of these children information on the services available so that they can seek appropriate support/assessment services whenever
necessary.
Schools are encouraged to enlist parents' co-operation and support and inform them of what they are doing or trying to do for their children, Mr Chong said.
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Office space for AIDS work application invited
The Department of Health is inviting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on AIDS to apply for the use of office space in the Red Ribbon Centre scheduled to open in the third quarter of this year.
The Centre is a new project developed to promote community participation in AIDS education and research, to facilitate the development of research and quality education programmes on HIV/AIDS, and to provide an avenue to fight against the disease.
NGOs which organise activities or conduct programmes aiming at achieving either of the above objectives can submit their applications to the AIDS Unit of the Department of Health before September 16.
Applications will be judged mainly by the nature and scale of the activities, the applicants' experience in organising activities, and their source of funding.
Interested parties can obtain a copy of the guide to the application for use of office space in Red Ribbon Centre from the AIDS unit for further information. Enquiries can be made on 2780 8622.
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