SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1985
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AMENITY PLOT SPREADS ME FA MESSAGE
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY BUILT A SMALL AMENITY PLOT WITH FOUR CHINESE CHARACTERS 'ME FA HONG KONG' AT 9-1/2 MILESTONE ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD IN TSUEN WAN TO SPREAD THE 'BEAUTIFY-THE-ENVIRONMENT' MESSAGE.
OCCUPYING 300 SQUARE METRES, THE ROADSIDE AMENITY PLOT
CONSISTS OF ABOUT 20 000 GROUND COVERS AND SHRUBS.
TO ADD MORE COLOUR TO THE SURROUNDINGS, THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE RSD WILL PLANT SOME 100 000 TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, CLIMBERS AND GROUND COVERS IN TUSEN WAN DURING THE CURRENT PLANTING SEASON.
WHEELCHAIR DANCE TO SUPPORT YOUTH YEAR
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SOME 300 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON PERFORMED WESTERN FOLK DANCES IN WHEELCHAIRS AT THE LADY MACLEHOSE POKFULAM PHAB CENTRE.
THE WHEELCHAIR DANCE PERFORMANCE AND DANCE-IN SESSION WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE DIVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION AND HONG KONG REHAB AID IN SUPPORT OF THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR.
THE EVENT WAS DECLARED OPEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR DICKEN YUNG.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, MRS CHAN SAID THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN OUTSTANDING.
+ IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN PROVIDING THE DISABLED WITH SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SERVICE,+ SHE SAID.
→THE AIM IS TO REHABILITATE THE DISABLED, HELP THEM INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, SHE ADDED.
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