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SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1983
+LAST YEAR, THE BOARD WAS ALLOCATED $870 000 AND THIS HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $1.45 MILLION FOR 1983-84.+
MR LEE SAID ALL APPLICATIONS WOULD BE VETTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD OR ITS COMMITTEES TO ENSURE THAT MONEY ALLOCATED WAS USED WISELY.
THE SOCIAL WELFARE FORTNIGHT WAS A MEANINGFUL PROJECT AND SERVED TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF WELFARE SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE DISTRICT.
DURING THE TWO WEEKS, OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES INCLUDING VISITS TO OCEAN PARK, CHILDREN AND FAMILY CAMPS, AND INDOOR FUNCTIONS SUCH AS FORUMS, SEMINARS AND A HEALTH EXAMINATION SERVICE FOR THE ELDERLY WILL BE ORGANISED.
+THESE PROGRAMMES AIM AT PROMOTING THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL CONCERN AMONG RESIDENTS AND AT INCREASING THE UTILISATION OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES BY THEM, + A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PROJECT IS JOINTLY RUN BY 48 VOLUNTEER AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD.
COMMITTEE PROMOTES EDUCATION ON REHABILITATION
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A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP TO PROMOTE AND CO-ORDINATE ANNUAL PROGRAMMES OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ON REHABILITATION, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) AT THE OPENING OF THE SHAM SHUI PO PHAB CENTRE.
HE SAID THE COMMITTEE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS IN 1981.
THE THEME FOR 1983 IS FRIENDSHIP - A WAY TO INTEGRATION+,
MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION HAD ALWAYS ADOPTED A VERY SPECIAL APPROACH TO THEIR WORK FOR THE HANDICAPPED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE NOTED THAT THE PHAB CONCEPT, EXPRESSED IN SIMPLE TERMS, WAS TO PROMOTE CO-OPERATION AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HANDICAPPED AND THE ABLE-BODIED BY BRINGING THEM TOGETHER FOR RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, VOCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
+CLOSER INTERACTION BETWEEN THE ABLE-BODIED AND THE HANDICAPPED IS SEEN AS THE KEY TO ACHIEVING CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING, HE STRESSED.
HE SAID THE CONCEPT +IN FACT EMBODIES THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REHABILITATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED, WHICH IS THE FULLEST POSSIBLE DEGREE OF INTEGRATION INTO AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE COMMUNITY.+
THE DIRECTOR CONGRATULATED THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH WAS CELEBRATING ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, FOR THE INVALUABLE WORK IT HAD DONE DURING THE PAST DECADE.
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