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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1977
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE VISITS VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON CALLED ON THREE VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES IN KOWLOON TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION OF THESE BODIES AND TO KEEP HIMSELF INFORMED OF THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENT.
THE THREE AGENCIES WERE THE SAU MAU PING TRAINING CENTRE FOR SPASTIC CHILDREN, THE CARITAS HAPPY CLUB FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND THE JORDAN VALLEY LUTHERAN DAY NURSERY.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR. T.P. KHOO, HEAD OF THE REHABILITATION DIVISION CF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND MRS. EVELYN DOE. HEAD OF THE FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION, MR. LEE FIRST VISITED THE SAU MAU PING TRAINING CENTRE FOR SPASTIC CHILDREN.
ON ARRIVAL, HE WAS MET BY REV. KVAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG WHICH RUNS THE CENTRE, AND DR. K.K. WONG, A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
THE CENTRE AT PRESENT PROVIDES DAY CARE FOR 30 MULTIPLE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OVER FOUR YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE CONSIDERED TRAINABLE. IT IS FINANCED THROUGH SOCIAL WELFARE SUBVENTION.
MR. LEE LATER PROCEEDED TO THE CARITAS HAPPY CLUB IN KWUN TONG WHERE HE WAS RECEIVED BY FATHER F. LERDA, PRESIDENT OF CARITAS.
THE CARITAS HAPPY CLUB FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN PROVIDES DAY CARE FOR 100 MODERATE, MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOUR AND 14.
THE OBJECT OF THE CENTRE IS TO TRAIN THE CHILDREN UNDER CARE TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT AND TO HELP THEM DEVELOP INTELLECTUALLY AND SOCIALLY.
WINDING UP THE AFTERNOON'S TOUR, THE DIRECTOR CALLED ON THE JORDAN VALLEY LUTHERAN DAY NURSERY WHERE HE WAS INTRODUCED TO MISS BJORG HANSEN, THE SUPERVISOR.
OPERATED BY THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN MISSION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION, THE NURSERY CATERS FOR 50 CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND SIX.
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