SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1984
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DENG VISI TS KWUN TONG REHAB CENTRE
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE CHINA WELFARE FUND FOR THE HANDICAPPED, MR DENG PUFANG, TODAY (SATURDAY) VISITED THE MARGARET TRENCH MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE IN KWUN TONG TO HAVE A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE TREATMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE HANDI CAPPED.
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRE'S MAN AGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR THOMAS GARNER, AND ITS MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR S.F. LAM,
MR DENG WAS THEN SHOWN ROUND THE VARIOUS FACILITIES IN THE CENTRE INCLUDING THE NURSING, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. PHYSIOTHERAPY AND SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE SURGICAL APPLIANCE WORKSHOP, WHERE PROSTHESIS FOR THE DISABLED ARE ASSEMBLED.
IN THE GYMNASIUM, HE SAW PATIENTS DOING WHEELCHAIR MANAGEMENT EXERCISES AND GAVE A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS OWN SKILL AT NAVIGATING THE OBSTACLES.
HE ALSO WATCHED A WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL MATCH, WHICH WAS PART OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME, AND A DEMONSTRATION OF THE WHEELCHAIR LIFT FOR THE REHABUS.
AT THE END OF THE VISIT, A 12-YEAR-OLD PATIENT, MISS CHEUNG LAI-FONG, PRESENTED MR DENG WITH A RUG AS A SOUVENIR. THE RUG WAS HAND-MADE BY A GROUP OF PATIENTS IN THE CENTRE,
RENTS SURVEYED
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IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID TODAY THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SURVEY OF PUBLIC OPINION ON THE RENT LEVEL OF ITS DOMESTIC ESTATES.
HE SAID THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY A RESEARCH FIRM WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE HOME AFFAIRS BRANCH OF THE SECRETARIAT.
THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT 68 PER CENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS CONSIDERED 15 PER CENT OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME WOULD BE A REASONABLE LEVEL OF PUBLIC HOUSING RENT.
IT ALSO SHOWS THAT 70 PER CENT OF TENANTS FELT THE PRESENT LEVEL OF RENT, WHICH IS ABOUT 20 TO 30 PER CENT OF MARKET VALUE, IS ACCEPTABLE.
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