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FACILITIES FOR HANDICAPPED
Wednesday, July 18, 1973
Special recreational facilities and additional transport services
are being planned to cater for handicapped people.
The Director of Social Welfare, the Hon. F.K. Li said today in
Legislative Council that investigations are being carried out on the possibility
of making facilities in buildings more accessible to the disabled community.
The committee responsible for the investigation, comprising
representatives from the Social Welfare, Public Works and Medical and Health
departments, will submit its report and recommendations within the next three
months.
In the mean time, Mr. Li said, the government is designing special
recreational facilities for the disabled, including those confined to wheelchairs.
Additional transport services have also been included as part of the
Five Year Plan of the Social Welfare Department.
Mr. Li had been asked by the Hon. Joyce Symone when the report on
the provision of special facilities for handicapped people would be published,
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