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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1980
ONE NEW FEATURE OF THE WALKS THIS YEAR WAS THAT DISTANCES WALKED WOULD BE MEASURED IN KILOMETRES.
ANOTHER INNOVATION THIS YEAR WILL BE THAT WALKERS WILL BE AWARDED A +GOLDEN CERTIFICATE+ FOR COMPLETING 10 WALKS.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE WALKS OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS WAS THE RESULT OF ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM PARTICIPANTS, SPONSORS AND HELPERS AND HE EXPRESSED HIS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THEM.
SPECIAL THANKS WERE ALSO DUE TO THE TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS AND THE PRESS. THEIR HELP IN PROMOTING AND PUBLICISING THE WALKS HAVE BEEN VITAL IN BRINGING ABOUT SUCH WIDESPREAD SUPPORT, HE SAID.
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS TOLD THEY HAVE CHALLENGING JOB
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NINETEEN PHYSIOTHERAPY GRADUATES WERE TOLD TODAY THEY HAVE CHOSEN A CHALLENGING PROFESSION ON WHOSE SKILLS THE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF A PATIENT DEPENDS.
ADDRESSING THE GRADUATES, WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED A THREE-YEAR TRAINING COURSE AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR S.F. LAM URGED THEM TO PERSEVERE AT ALL TIMES IN SPITE OF FRUSTRATIONS THEY MAY EXPERIENCE IN TREATING PATIENTS, AS THEIR DEGREE OF RECOVERY DEPENDS DIRECTLY ON THE CARE AND ATTENTION LEVIED ON THEM.+
DR LAM SAID HE WAS SURE THAT THE GRADUATES WOULD DO THE IR BEST BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHOSEN A PROFESSION THAT CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
THEIR JOB CALLS FOR GREAT PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, PARTICULARLY IN THE THERAPY OF THE CEREBRAL PALSIED CHILD. +THESE UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN DEMAND THE HIGHEST IN VOCATIONAL DEDICATION AND WILL TAX YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND HUMAN PATIENCE TO THE UTMOST, HE SAID.
THE BATCH OF PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS GRADUATING TODAY IS THE SECOND OF A COURSE ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE COURSE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, 1979. THE ACADEMIC PART WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE POLYTECHNIC WHILE THE DEPARTMENT DEALT WITH THE CLINICAL ASPECTS.
DR LAM POINTED OUT THAT COOPERATION IN SUCH A WAY NOT ONLY ENSURED A STEADY STREAM CF A LARGER NUMBER OF PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TRAINED TO THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC STANDA DS, BUT ALSO ENABLED STUDENTS TO GAIN MORE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE.
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