Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang Friday visited a school in Wong Tai Sin district of Hong Kong to familiarize himself with the integrated education for the hearing impaired students.

Tsang's first stop was the Chun Tok School, a mainstream school providing special education and supportive services for the hearing impaired primary and middle school students. The school combines activity-based teaching with guidance and discipline counseling to nurture the students.

Tsang met some 30 hearing-impaired and able-bodied primary school students in a classroom group activity and some students undergo hearing tests and speech training.

Speaking after the dance performance at the playground, Tsang said, "I am glad to see a school promoting a caring culture in the belief of that every child has the potential to succeed and none of the students should be neglected."

He noted that the children were helped to realize their full potential, building self-confidence for their future challenges in the community as well as teaching them to appreciate the importance of protecting the environment.

The chief executive also visited the First Sense Design, a social welfare organization which provides design, production and printing services for public and private sectors, promoting employment opportunities for the disabled.

"Promoting self-help and mutual-help and encouraging the disabled to be self-reliant and to contribute to the community are not only the objectives of the federation, but also our hope for these people," Tsang said.

Source: Xinhua