TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1981
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DISABLED TO STAGE TALENT SHOW
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DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE FROM 11 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE WILL STAGE A COLOURFUL TALENT SHOW AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM IN WAN CHAI ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 1).
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER, WILL OFFICIATE AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE SHOW, WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT IN LINE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS PROCLAMATION OF 1981 AS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR HAD ORGANISED MANY ACTIVITIES TO DRIVE HOME THE OVERALL THEME OF +INTEGRATION+.
+ THE TERRITORY-WIDE TALENT SHOW IS ONE OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THE YEAR, HE SAID.
+THE PURPOSE IS TO DRAW THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE DISABLED AND TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE MANY OTHER ABILITIES AND ARE IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
PERFORMANCES BY THE DISABLED ON SUNDAY WILL INCLUDE DANCES, BAND MUSIC, FOLK SONG SINGING, A LION DANCE, A VARIETY SHOW AND THE PLAYING OF VIOLIN AND OTHER MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
DANCERS FROM TVB AND DISC JOCKEYS FROM RTHK WILL ALSO ENTERTAIN THE GATHERING.
TWO MONTHS AGO, THE TALENT SHOW ORGANISING COMMITTEE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LIONS CLUB OF SHA TIN, HELD A SLOGAN COMPETITION IN SUPPORT OF THE TALENT SHOW. WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SUNDAY.
OTHERS TAKING PART IN THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE- THE PRESIDENT OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI KAI FONG ASSOCIATION, MR NG TOR-TAI- THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY OF HOMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED, MR NG WAI-KEI, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB OF SHA TIN, MR SIU WING-HONG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE TALENT SHOW WHICH STARTS AT 2 PM ON SUNDAY AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, 18 01 KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI. THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL START AT 3 PM AND WILL LAST ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. PERFORMANCES WILL RESUME AT ABOUT 3.45 PM.