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The Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) will organise a series of briefing sessions from May 8 to May 10 to help parents prepare themselves and their children for the phased class resumption for primary schools, special schools and kindergartens this month.
EMB announced last week that Primary Four and above at primary and special schools (except schools for the mentally handicapped) would resume classes on May 12, while classes of Primary Three and below, schools for the mentally handicapped, kindergartens and child care centres would resume on May 19 according to a tentative schedule.
During the briefing sessions, representatives of the Department of Health will update parents on the latest developments in the atypical pneumonia situation. EMB staff and school heads will also talk about the arrangements for class resumption and remind parents to pay extra attention to the state of their children's health.
Representatives of the Committee on Home-School Cooperation will also give their views on the important role of parents in class resumption.
Details of the five briefing sessions are as follows:
Date Time Venue Target Group Medium
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May 8 2.30 pm The Auditorium, Parents living in Cantonese
City Hall, Low Block, Hong Kong Region
Hong Kong
May 9 6 pm The Conference Room, Parents of English English
HK Regional Education Schools Foundation &
Office, international school
183 Queen's Road East, pupils
Wanchai, Hong Kong
May 9 7 pm The Auditorium, Parents living in Cantonese
North District Town Hall NT East Region
2 Lung Wan Street,
Sheung Shui, NT
May 10 10 am School Hall, Parents living in Cantonese
Buddhist Lim Kim NT West Region
Tian Memorial Primary
School, Kwai Fong Estate,
Kwai Chung, NT
May 10 2.30 pm The Theatre, Parents living in Cantonese
Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Kowloon Region
Salisbury Road,
Tsimshatsui, Kowloon
All parents are welcome to attend the briefing sessions. Seats will be available on a first-come-first-served basis. Prior registration is not required.
For details of the class resumption arrangements of primary schools, special schools and kindergartens and the above briefing sessions, please visit EMB's website (http://www.emb.gov.hk).
End/Tuesday, May 6, 2003
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