FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1983
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THERE ARE ABOUT 400 MEN RESIDENTS IN THE SHEK KWU CHAU TREATMENT CENTRE WHICH IS MANNED BY A 60-MEMBER VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCY.
DURING THE IR SIX-MONTH STAY, RESIDENTS UNDERGO THREE STAGES OF TREATMENT; WITHDRAWAL FROM ADDICTION USING METHADONE, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL WORK, AND COUNSELLING BY SOCIAL WORKERS TO PREPARE THEM FOR REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.
MR WONG SAID THE CAMPAIGN IN KOWLOON CITY MIGHT HAVE COME TO AN END BUT THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS WOULD GO ON.
+AND I HOPE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND THE ANTI- DRUG MESSAGES, HE SAID,
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PARTY FOR REHABILITATION TRAINEES
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE AND KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE WILL JOINTLY ORGANISE A CHRISTMAS PARTY TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FOR THEIR 270 TRAINEES.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR.
PROGRAMMES FOR THE DAY WILL INCLUDE A MAGIC SHOW, SINGING AND PERFORMANCES BY THE TRAINEES, A LUCKY DRAW AND A DINNER RECEPTION. ROUND TABLE NO. (VICTORIA) IS CONTRIBUTING $10 000 TOWARDS THE DINNER.
THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE PROVIDES SERVICES FOR THE SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE, AND THE KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE SERVES AS A RESIDENTIAL CENTRE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN UNDER 16.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN THE HALL OF THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE, WELFARE ROAD, WONG CHUK HANG, STARTING AT 4.30 PM.
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