TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1982
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OUTSTANDING DISABLED STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS
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TEN OUTSTANDING DISABLED STUDENTS WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) PRESENTED WITH THE SHELL/ISLAND JAYCEES SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE IR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT SHELL HOUSE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID THE AWARD RECIPIENTS HAD SERVED THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY WELL, AND PERHAPS BETTER THAN MOST BECAUSE THEIR HANDICAPS HAVE GIVEN THEM SPECIAL INSIGHT INTO THE NEEDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE+.
I FIND IT SIGNIFICANT THAT MANY OF OUR HANDICAPPED STUDENTS HAVE GONE OUT OF THE IR WAY TO HELP THE AGED, HE SAID.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO PRAISED THE RETIRING MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE SHELL OIL COMPANY, HONG KONG, MR SAM OSMOND, WHO WAS SO DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE FUN AND JOY OF THE DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED IN THE +TALENTS UNLIMITED+ GAMES CONTEST IN THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS THAT HE DECIDED TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP DONATION FROM HIS COMPANY FROM $50 000 TO $100 000.
JAPANESE VISIT STANLEY PRISON
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THE JAPANESE PROSECUTOR GENERAL, MR Y. YASUHARA, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE JAPANESE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, MR AKIÓ HARADA, TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED STANLEY PRISON TO SEE THE FACILITIES PROVIDED THERE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, THEY TOURED THE PRISON'S CELLS AND ITS HOSPITAL AND ALSO SAW PRISONERS AT WORK IN THEIR WORKSHOPS, WHERE SILK-SCREENING, SHOE-MAKING, PRINTING AND BOOK-BINDING, AND TELEVISION AND RADIO REPAIRS ARE CARRIED OUT.
ALSO VISITING HONG KONG IS DR H. YAMAMOTO, WHO HEADS THE ANTI-NARCOTICS DIVISION IN HIS COUNTRY, DR YAMAMOTO VISITED HE I LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE TODAY TO LOOK OVER THE COMPULSORY PLACEMENT PROGRAMME FOR DRUG ADDICTS ADMINISTERED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY THE ACTING DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR GARTH HYDES.
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