TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1978
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND MP
VISIT WELFARE INSTITUTIONS
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE RT. HON. DAVID ENNALS, M.P., AND MR. RODERICK MACFARQUHAR, M.P. TODAY VISITED FOUR WELFARE INSTITUTIONS AND OBSERVED HOW RESIDENTS THERE WENT ABOUT THE IR DAILY LIFE.
MR. ENNALS AND MR. MACFARQUHAR VISITED THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTRE FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN SANDY BAY, THE KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE AND THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE IN WONG CHUK HANG AND THE WAH HONG HOSTEL FOR THE AGED IN WAH FU ESTATE,
ACCOMPANYING THEM THROUGHOUT THE VISITS WERE MR. E.P. HC, SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND MRS: ROSE GOODSTADT, HEAD OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REHABILITATION DIVISION.
MR. ENNALS AND MR. MACFARQUHAR WERE SHOWN ROUND THE INSTITUTIONS AND BRIEFED ON THE VARIOUS FACILITIES, TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES FOR RESIDENTS IN THESE INSTITUTIONS.
THEY SAW THE DISABLED AT THE VARIOUS CENTRES UNDERGOING TRAINING IN DOMESTIC HELP, TAILORING, CARPENTRY AND SEWING.
AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTRE, THEY WERE TOLD IT WAS A GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED RESIDENTIAL-CÙM-DAY CENTRE RUN BY THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, CARING FOR 110 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AGED FOUR TO 17.
THE CENTRE PROVIDES TWO YEARS OF PRE-SCHOOL ING TRAINING AND NINE YEARS OF PRIMARY AND JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, COMPLEMENTED BY VARIOUS MEDICAL AND THERAPEUTIC CARE.
THE KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN WONG CHUK HANG GIVES BOTH DAY AND RESIDENTIAL TRAINING TO 140 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN IN SELF-CARE SKILLS, SOCIALISATION, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING HABITS AND WORK TOLERANCE.
THE ADJACENT ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE, WITH A CAPACITY OF 255, PROVIDES THE SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TO VARIOUS DISABLED PERSONS. THE ORTHOPAEDICALLY DISABLED AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED FORM. THE LARGEST GROUPS OF RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRE.
BOTH CENTRES ARE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, ADMINISTERED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
THE WAH HONG HOSTEL FOR THE AGED, RUN BY THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE WITH A GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION, PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION FOR 120 AMBULATORY AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE AGED 60 YEARS AND OVER.
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