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Monday, August 14, 1972
HONG KONG ATTENDS REHABILITATION CONGRESS IN SYDNEY
Hong Kong will be represented at the 12th World Congress of Rehabilit-
ation International in Sydney later this month by a delegation of 64.
It will be led by Dr. Harry Fang, Chairman of the Hong Kong Society
for Rehabilitation.
Membership of the Hong Kong team is made up of an official Social
Welfare Department delegation of four, headed by Miss Annie Chan, Assistant Director (Social Work), 16 other representatives of government departments,
such as Prisons, Education, and Medical and Health Services, and rehabilitation
specialists in the private sector.
The latter include the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, and the
Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts.
The Congress will begin on August 27 and continue until September 1,
but there are a number of pre-Congress activities in which Hong Kong is
participating.
Four Social Welfare Department officers will attend a seminar on
social planning in Brisbane, and three others at another seminar on vocational
rehabilitation in Adelaide.
The theme this year is "Planning Rehabilitation," and discussions
environment, incentives, and self-help.
will centre on three main aspects
The 12th World Rehabilitation Congress will be the first time such
a meeting has been held in the Southern Hemisphere. It will also be a special
occasion, marking the Golden Anniversary of Rehabilitation International, set up
in 1922.
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