THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1974.
MR. LEE SAID THAT REHABILITATION WORK IN HONG KONG WAS UNDERTAKEN BY BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND MANY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES PROVIDING A VARIETY OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED RANGING FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS.
+AS A RESULT OF CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORTS MADE IN ALL DIRECTIONS THE WORK OF REHABILITATION IS GRADUALLY ASSUMING A BETTER SHAPE,+ HE SAID AND WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT UNDER THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN HONG KONG, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WIL BE EXPANDING WELFARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED IN MANY AREAS.
BUT HE EMPHASISED THAT WHILE, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE WORK IN THE FUTURE RELIES TO A LARGE EXTENT ON THE EFFECTIVE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND ALL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES= UNFLAGGING SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC WAS ALSO VITALLY IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL FIRES DOWN
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THE NUMBER OF FIRES DURING YESTERDAY'S CHUNG YEUNG FESTIVAL WAS 38, OF WHICH 18 WERE GRASS FIRES. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 52 FIRES, MORE THAN THREE QUARTERS OF WHICH WERE GRASS OR FOREST FIRES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT, ALTHOUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OVER 1973 WAS WELCOMED, THE FIGURE OF 38 FIRES WAS STILL DOUBLE THE DAILY AVERAGE SO FAR THIS MONTH.
HE ATTRIBUTED THE DECREASE PARTLY TO PRE-FESTIVAL PUBLICITY, WHICH HAD URGED PICNICKERS AND WORSHIPPERS TO EXERCISE CARE, BUT ALSO TO THE DAMP CONDITION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE DUE TO LAST WEEK'S TYPHOON.
+BECAUSE OF THE RECENT RAIN,+ HE SAID, IT WAS NOT SO EASY TO START A FIRE THROUGH CARELESSNESS, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE STILL MANAGED TO DO SO.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FESTIVAL WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S BUSIEST DAYS BECAUSE OF DRY CONDITIONS AND THE MASS EXODUS OUT OF DOORS BY THE POPULATION.
HE SAID THE RETURN OF LOW HUMIDITY FOLLOWING THE PASSING OF TYPHOON CARMEN MEANT THAT THE COUNTRYSIDE WOULD SOON BECOME +TINDER DRY+ AGAIN AND VISITORS TO RURAL AREAS AT WEEKENDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH REQUESTS TO BE CAREFUL WITH CIGARETTE ENDS, MATCHES AND BARBECUE FIRES..
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