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Saturday, December 1, 1973
VISITS BY LADY MACLEHOSE
Two member agencies of the Community Chest in Kowloon will be
visited by Lady MacLehose, the President of the Chest, on Tuesday morning
(December 4).
They are the Yang Social Service Centre at Waterloo Road and the
Hong Kong School for the Deaf at Hammer Hill Road.
On arrival at the Yang Social Service Centre, Lady MacLehose will
be met by Dr. L.K. Ding, Chairman of the Centre's Board, and Dr. Timothy
Chow, the Secretary.
She will be taken on a tour of the facilities provided by the
Centre, including the dental clinic, the day nursery, the family service
centre and the field work training unit.
The Centre is sponsored by the Ward Memorial Methodist Church, and is
named after Rev. Chester Yang who devoted his life to serving the needy
people of Hong Kong. It has changed from a relief oriented centre in
1964 to a sophisticated laboratory aiming to improve the qualify of life
in Hong Kong.
The objectives of the Hong Kong School for the Deaf are to train
deaf children to speak and lip-read Cantonese, and to provide a general
education up to Form V standard. Vocational training is also provided.
Lady MacLehose will be received at the school by Miss K.E. Barker,
Supervisor and Chairman of the School Council; Miss Bow Siu-may, the Principal;
and two teachers in charge, Miss K.Y. Ho and Miss K.K. Ip.
/She will
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