TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1980
THE SECOND PRIZE PRIZE A WRIST WATCH HON-KONG RESPECTIVELY.
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A TELEVISION SET - AND THE THIRD
WENT TO MR YAU KING-SHEUNG AND MR LIU
THE LUCKY PRIZE - A TRANSISTOR RADIO WAS PRESENTED TO 10 OTHER PARTICIPANTS BY THE CHIEF EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER, MR JOSEPH LAW.
THE RTV SPECIAL PRIZE OF A MINIATURE GOLD SAFETY HELMET WAS PRESENTED BY MRS ELEANOR MORRIS, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE RTV MANAGING DIRECTOR.
THE COMPETITION WILL TAKE A BREAK THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND WILL BE RESUMED NEXT MONTH (JANUARY), WITH THE QUESTIONNAIRES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BEING PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS EVERY DAY.
DSW SEES SALVATION ARMY'S SERVICES
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY (TUESDAY) SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE SERVICES RUN BY THE SALVATION ARMY FOR GIRLS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION, MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN AND AGED PEOPLE.
CONTINUING HIS SERIES OF VISITS TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. MR ALLEYNE CALLED AT THE SALVATION ARMY GIRLS' HOME, THE LAI KING HOME FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED, AND THE NAM SHAN HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE OFFICER-COMMANDING, LT.COL. BRAM MOORE, AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES SECRETARY, MAJ. GLEN GILDEN, HE INSPECTED THE SERVICES AND SAW HOW THE INMATES WENT ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIFE.
THE GIRLS' HOME IN KWAI CHUNG PROVIDES SOCIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR 40 GIRLS AGED 12 TO 19 YEARS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.
IT PROVIDES GENERAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN DRESS-MAKING, PAINTING, GARDENING, COOKING AND HANDICRAFT. INTEREST GROUPS IN TYPING, CHINESE FOLK DANCE AND BIBLE CLASSES HAVE ALSO BEEN ORGANISED.
THE LAI KING HOME RUNS RESIDENTIAL CARE, SCHOOLING AND PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR 126 MILD-GRADE MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN TO HELP RE-INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.
DURING THE VISIT MR ALLEYNE INSPECTED ITS DORMITORIES, CLASSROOMS, DINING HALL, PLAYGROUND, SWIMMING POOL AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
THE NAM SHAN HOSTEL ACCOMMODATES 153 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ITS MEALS SECTION AND SELF-CARE SECTION, WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH VARIOUS SERVICES,
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