SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1976
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WORLD REHABILITATION FUND DAY CENTRE
CELEBRATES 8TH ANNIVERSARY
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TO MARK ITS 8TH ANNIVERSARY, THE WORLD REHABILITATION FUND DAY CENTRE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS ORGANISED A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES FOR ITS 300 TRAINEES.
THE ACTIVITIES WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (SUNDAY) WITH 20 TRAINEES PARTICIPATING IN A FUN FAIR AT THE NGAU TAU KOK CARITAS CENTRE. ANOTHER 60 WILL BE TREATED TOMORROW TO A COMEDY FILM 'SEVEN TIMES SEVEN AT THE CENTURY THEATRE BY THE OUTWARD BOUND (ALUMNI ) ASSOCIATION.
ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 7), ABOUT 120 TRAINEES OF THE PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING SECTION WILL HAVE A PICNIC IN THE TUEN MUN AREA WHILE 200 VOCATIONAL TRAINEES AND SHELTERED WORKERS WILL ENJOY A TEA PARTY IN THE CENTRE. BOTH PARTIES WILL HAVE A LUCKY DRAW AS THE GRAND FINALE OF THE DAY.
THE WORLD REHABILITATION FUND DAY CENTRE IN KWUN TONG WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1968 WITH A GRANT FROM THE WORLD REHABILITATION FUND INCORPORATION. THE DAY CENTRE PROVIDES SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TO THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, BLIND, DEAF AND MENTALLY RETARDED.
THE CENTRE HAS A TOTAL OF 340 PLACES - 140 IN PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING, 120 IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND 80 IN SHELTERED WORK.
PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS OFFERED TO TRAINEES BETWEEN
THE AGE OF 14 AND 18. THIS INCLUDES EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL TRAINING RELATED TO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF HANDICAP= AND PRACTICAL TRAINING IN METAL WORK, WOODWORK, HANDICRAFT, TAILORING AND SEWING.
THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS FOR TRAINEES FROM 16 YEARS OF AGE AND ABOVE. THIS INCLUDES PRINTING, MECHANICS, RADIO AND TELEVISION REPAIRS, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE SEWING AND KNITTING.
A SHELTERED WORKSHOP IS AVAILABLE FOR SEVERELY DISABLED PERSONS WHO ARE WILLING TO DO A DAY'S WORK WHICH INCLUDES SOCK- KNITTING, GARMENT-MAK ING AND ASSEMBLY WORK.
THE CENTRE ALSO PROVIDES ALLIED SERVICES SUCH AS CASEWORK AND GROUP WORK, NURSING AND AUDIOMETRIC TESTING. FREE LUNCH AND TRANSPORT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED.
THE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND THE JOB PLACEMENT UNITS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO HOUSED IN THE CENTRE.
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