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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1984
MADAM LEUNG SAID THE FESTIVAL ALSO AIMED AT PROMOTING VARIOUS PERFORMING ARTS.
+WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION BY LOCAL PEOPLE. TO THIS END, TWO PLAYS BY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ORGANISED AS PART OF THE PROGRAMMES, HE SAID.
AND EVENTS WOULD ALSO BE BROUGHT TO REMOTE VILLAGES, SHE ADDED.
ADMISSION TO 22 OF THE FESTIVAL'S 34 EVENTS IS FREE OF CHARGE.
THE ARTS FESTIVAL IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE AND THE CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (N.T.).
THE BOARD IS CONTRIBUTING $300 000 TOWARDS THE $700 000- FESTIVAL. THE BALANCE WILL COME FROM TICKET PROCEEDS AND LOCAL SPONSORSHIP.
ABILITY OF DISABLED STRESSED AT SEMINAR
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REHABILITATION WHICH ENDS IN THE SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT OF A DISABLED PERSON IS AN INVESTMENT IN INDEPENDENCE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EMPLOYMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR KARL STUMPF, SAID TODAY.
+ IT CONTRIBUTES TO PRODUCTION, REDUCES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, SUSTAINS THE WELLBEING OF THE DISABLED PERSON AND HIS OR HER FAMILY, HE ADDED.
HE WAS SPEAKING ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED' AT A SEMINAR THIS EVENING.
HE SAID THAT +MANY EMPLOYERS ALL OVER THE WORLD COULD TESTIFY THAT GIVEN THE CHANCE, A DISABLED PERSON IS CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING HIS RESIDUAL RESOURCES TO AN UNEXPECTED DEGREE, AND OF BECOMING AN ECONOMIC ASSET TO HIS COMMUNITY,
INSTEAD OF BEING A BURDEN ON HIMSELF, ON HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY.+
ABOUT 400 000 PEOPLE IN HONG KONG SUFFERED FROM SOME FORM OF DISABILITY BUT WERE AN IMPORTANT HUMAN RESOURCE.
+ IT SHOULD BE THE CONCERN OF ALL OF US THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE OFFERED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND THUS ENTER OR RE-ENTER THE MAINSTREAM OF LIFE IN HONG KONG, + MR STUMPF STRESSED.
ANOTHER SPEAKER AT THE SEMINAR, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MARTIN LEWIS, ECHOED MR STUMPF'S VIEW THAT THE DISABLED SHARED THE RIGHTS OF ALL MUMANITY TO GROW, TO LEARN, AND TO WORK.
/+GOVERNMENT RECOGNISES