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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1981
→IN HONG KONG, HE WENT ON, +OUR OWN COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN WHICH HAS JUST CONCLUDED WITH NO LESS THAN 140 RECOMMENDATIONS IS REINFORCING OUR COMMITMENT TO FURTHER PROGRESS.
+AS STATED IN OUR 1977 WHITE PAPER ON REHABILITATION, IT HAS GOT TO BE A CONTINUING UNITED EFFORT FROM ALL CONCERNED, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ORDINARY PEOPLE IN THE STREET.
BECAUSE IT IS THEIR VIEWS, THEIR AWARENESS AND THE IR INVOLVEMENT THAT WILL MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT AND PROGRESS,+ HE ADDED.
DR FANG EXPECTED HONG KONG'S DISABLED PEOPLE TO PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROCESS BY DEMONSTRATING TO SOCIETY THEIR DETERMINATION TO BECOME EQUAL AND USEFUL MEMBERS, GIVEN THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE TO OVERCOME THEIR DISABILITIES.
+AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, I HAVE WITNESSED THE EMERGENCE OF SUCH DETERMINATION AND SELF-RELIANCE IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS HELD DURING THE YEAR.
+ IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR DISABLED FRIENDS TO STRIVE IN THIS NEW IDENTITY THEY HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES,+ HE ADDED.
THE 10 RECIPIENTS OF THE OUTSTANDING DISABLED PERSONS OF THE YEAR AWARD WERE MR CHAN FOOK-SHING MISS LUCY CHING- MR HA SEE-HUNG- MR KAN KWOK-WING- MR LAM SHUI-SEE- MRS HUNG LEUNG WAI-CHING- MR LI KIN-HENG MR SIU SUN-FAT- MR TSE TSUN-HIM- AND MISS YIU KIT-LING.
THE 12 WINNERS OF THE 1981 ABILYMPICS' WHO ALSO REPRESENTED HONG KONG IN THE INTERNATIONAL ABILYMPICS HELD IN JAPAN IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR WERE MR CHAN WAI-CHEUNG- MR CHEUNG OR-SHING- MR CHIU KIN-CHUEN- MR HUI CHI-KEUNG- MR KWOK WAI-KEUNG- MR LAI HONG- MR LEE HOR-KEUNG- MR LI KIN-HENG- MISS NG MUN-WAI- MISS NG MUI-BING- MR TAM FU-KEUNG AND MR YAU HON-MING.
WATER FIGURES ***
WATER STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 46.2 PER CENT OR 267.224 MILLION CUBIC METRES, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 222 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 323.101 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 55.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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