SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1983
GOVERNOR VISITS RHKAAF CAMP ****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY VISITED THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AT THEIR ANNUAL CAMP IN SEK KONG.
SIR EDWARD WAS FLOWN BY AN RHKAAF DAUPHIN HELICOPTER TO THE SEK KONG AIRSTRIP, WHERE THE UNIT IS AT ANNUAL CAMP AND CARRYING OUT INTENSIVE FLYING.
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY WING COMMANDER A.P. ASPREY COMMANDING OFFICER; SQUADRON LEADER J.G. SHAWCROSS, CHIEF STAFF OFFICER AND SQUADRON LEADER P.D. YIP, O.C. FLYING.
SIR EDWARD PRESENTED AIR EFFICIENCY DECORATIONS TO SIX MEMBERS WHO BETWEEN THEM HAD PUT IN MORE THAN 80 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE. HE ALSO MET MEMBERS OF THE FLYING, ENGINEERING AND ADMINISTRATION SQUADRONS.
SIR EDWARD THEN HAD LUNCH ON THE AIRSTRIP WITH A NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAD RELEASED THEIR STAFF MEMBERS FOR DUTY WITH THE UNIT DURING THE YEAR TO ENABLE THE RHKAAF TO RESPONSE WITH ALL ITS SEVEN AIRCRAFTS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.
SERVICES TO HELP REHABILITATE HANDICAPPED
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REHABILITATION SERVICES WAS TO HELP HANDICAPPED PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT AND TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE JOINT CHRISTMAS PARTY OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE AND KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE.
HE SAID, +CHRISTMAS INDEED IS A SEASON OF JOY, A TIME WHEN PEOPLE SHOULD THINK MORE OF OTHERS THAN OF THEMSELVES, AND MORE OF GIVING THAN OF RECEIVING.+
IN THE PAST YEARS, HE SAID, THE TWO CENTRES HAD HELPED MANY DISABLED PEOPLE GAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS.
+THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES, THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP, THE WORK ACTIVITY GROUPS AND THE RECREATIONAL, COUNSELLING AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, ALL WORK TO THIS END, HE SAID.
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY INCLUDED AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME AND A DINNER RECEPTION FOR THE 270 TRAINEES AT THE CENTRES.
MR CHAMBERS THANKED ROUND TABLE NO. 3 (VICTORIA) FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE DINNER AS WELL AS THEIR ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION, WHICH HE SAID, DEMONSTRATES THEIR GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.+
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