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Thursday, September 21, 1972
THREE-DAY CAMP FOR YOUNG DISABLED
About 260 young handicapped members of the Social Welfare Department's
clubs and centres for the physically and mentally disabled will spend three days
at a camp in the Wu Kai Sha youth village beginning on Tuesday (September 26).
The group includes young people who are deaf, lame, retarded, spastic,
or who have a speech defect. Forty-four staff members and volunteers will join
the camp to look after them, in addition to two nurses, who will stay overnight.
As a precaution against any child becoming lost measures will be adopted
for the easy identification of the participants. Staff and volunteers are
being trained to keep a watch out for them during the outdoor activities and
there will be special roll-calls.
A spokesman for the Rehabilitation Section says the camp has been
designed to provide the youngsters with an opportunity for physical recreation,
games, and creative work in an outdoor setting.
The three days and two nights they will spend at the Chinese YMCA site
at Wu Kai Sha will give them some experience of sharing activities with others
in games and living quarters.
" "We have prepared a balanced programme, the spokesman says. "The
programme will include activities for the whole camp, such as film shows and
a barbecue, and activities for special groups, including Chinese billiards and
ping pong. For the few who can only move with difficulty, there will be
opportunities for observation and creative work."
litation),
Mrs. Rose Goodstadt, Acting Principal Social Welfare Officer (Rehabi-
will present prizes to winners of various competitions at a ceremony
marking the close of the camp.
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