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Also provide social, recreational and work training programme.

-ditto-

Social, recreational & training programme are provided by the Salvation Army.

Also provide resettlement orientation and language training programme.

Education is also provided at Kai Tak Open Centre by Their services to Refugees (HKCAR).

Hong Kong Christian Aid include the New Horizon School.

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There are now more than 2,000 Vietnamese refugee children aged between 6 and 15. Their distribution by age in each centre is at Annex A.

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to

on provision

In 1985 the UNHCR employed an Education Co-ordinator advise

services. of

Since educational education has been funded by

by the UNHCR. It in 1986, and set aside HK$4.2 million in 1987, to buy teaching aids and to improve teaching.

1 January 1986,

spent HK$2 million

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curriculum.

and

where children resettlement,

The curriculum varies, but is based on a standard core This includes English, Mathematics Vietnamese. A table listing the subjects taught is at

In Argyle Street Reception Centre, for

to three up

months be fore

only mathematics, English and social studies are taught. Owing to its high turnover and the diversity of educational backgrounds, the Argyle Street curriculum does

follow the main

Annex B. stay

not

but is principally aimed at orientation and resettlement.

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stream

to

Teaching aids. Mathematics and English textbooks have been standardised. The UNHCR is attempting to standardise the use of textbooks for other subjects and

and is seeking funds for this purpose.

Vietnamese textbooks are hard to find due their shortage outside Vietnam.

At the Government's suggestion, the UNHCR Education Co-ordinator is liaising with refugee schools in other regional centres of first asylum and

those

have

a large accepted refugees for resettlement (principally the US) problem.

in

countries

which

number of solve this

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