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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1980
PHAB PHILOSOPHY COMMENDED
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INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WERE URGED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, TO ASSIST IN PROMOTING THE PHAB PHILOSOPHY OF MUTUAL CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED AND THE ABLE-BODIED.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE PHAB FORTNIGHT ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION AT ITS POKFULAM CENTRE, MR TOPLEY SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAVE SO FAR BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS VALUABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
STUDENTS, HE FELT, SHOULD PARTICIPATE ON A BROADER SCALE THAN HAS HAPPENED UP TO NOW.
+THERE IS A GENUINE NEED FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE BY GIVING ASSISTANCE WITH THE MANY ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE GOING ON IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF HONG KONG DURING 1980, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
+THE SUCCESS OF THE PHAB MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS IN 1972, A COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME AGO, TO THE PRESENT-DAY SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES IS REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE AND I AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED IN SOME SMALL WAY WITH THE MOVEMENT FROM ITS INCEPTION.
+THERE IS, OF COURSE, MUCH STILL TO BE DONE IN PROMOTING THE CONCEPT OF PHAB IN HONG KONG AND I AM SURE THAT 1980 WILL BE A YEAR OF MUCH ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS DIRECTION, MR TOPLEY ADDED.
THE PHAB FORTNIGHT WILL INCLUDE PROGRAMMES OF ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SOME 4 000 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE. IT IS THE FIRST MAJOR FUNCTION WHICH THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION HAS ORGANISED SINCE THE OPENING OF ITS POKFULAM CENTRE IN 1979 ON LAND GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
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