SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1976
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN MONG KOK
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TRAFFIC ON A NUMBER OF STREETS IN MONGKOK WILL BE RE-ROUTED NEXT WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 11) FROM 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE METRO.
THE STREETS AFFECTED ARE SHAN TUNG STREET, KAM LAM STREET, SOY STREET AND BUTE STREET.
SECTIONS OF SHAN TUNG STREET BETWEEN PORTLAND STREET AND SHANGHAI STREET, AND BETWEEN RECLAMATION STREET AND KAM LAM STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY WESTBOUND,
A SECTION OF KAM LAM STREET BETWEEN SHAN TUNG STREET AND SOY STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND.
A SECTION OF SOY STREET BETWEEN KAM LAM STREET AND RECLAMATION STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY EASTBOUND.
SECTIONS OF BUTE STREET BETWEEN SAI YEE STREET AND TUNG CHOI STREET, AND ALSO BETWEEN SAJ YEUNG CHOI STREET AND NATHAN ROAD WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY WESTBOUND.
TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
WHEELCHAIRS FOR DISABLED
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WAS PRESENTED WITH 20 WHEELCHAIRS BY THE LIONS CLUB OF TSIM SHA TSUI FOR USE BY THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED PERSONS THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, RECEIVED THE GIFT FROM MR. CHAN KUM-CHEN, PRÉSIDENT OF THE CLUB AT ITS ANNIVERSARY BALL HELD AT THE SHERATON HOTEL.
IN ACCEPTING THE WHEELCHAIRS, MR. LEE SAID THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG NEEDS THE FULL SUPPORT FROM AND CLOSE CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND +REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED IS OF NO EXCEPTION.+
MR. LEE SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY COULD HELP THE DISABLED BY REMOVING ANY OBSTACLES THAT THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER WHILE RETURNING TO SOCIETY AND ALSO BY CHANGING THE ATTITUDE OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE TOWARDS THEM.
+THEY SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE DISABLED TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL- PROMOTE AND SUPPORT REHABILITATION PROJECTS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM TO BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY,+ MR. LEE SAID.