WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1985
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LADY TRAILL TOURS SOCIAL SERVICE FACILITIES
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THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, SIR ALAN TRAILL, HAD A BUSY DAY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MEETING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL BUSINESSMEN WHILE LADY TRAILL VISITED WELFARE INSTITUTIONS TO LOOK AT VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED.
LADY TRAILL FIRST WENT TO THE LADY MACLE HOSE POKFULAM PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED (PHAB) CENTRE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS) OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE. SHE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHAB ASSOCIATION, MR LI KWAN-HUNG.
FOLLOWING A BRIEFING OF THE ASSOCIATION, LADY TRAILL TOURED THE CAMP AND THE SPECIALLY-DESIGNED FACILITIES FOR JOINT ACTIVITIES OF THE HANDICAPPED AND THE ABLE-BODIED.
THE CAMP, WHICH ACCOMMODATES 150 CAMPERS A DAY, INCLUDES A DORMITORY, A SWIMMING POOL, A BASKETBALL COURT, ARCHERY RANGE AND AN AUDIO-VISUAL ROOM,
THE NEXT STOP FOR LADY TRAILL WAS THE POKFULAM RIDING SCHOOL. SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1979, ITS FACILITIES HAD BEEN USED BY THE ABLE-BODIED AND BY THE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION, RIDING INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO GIVEN TO A WIDE RANGE OF DISABLED CHILDREN SELECTED FROM VARIOUS REHABILITATION CENTRES AND HOSPITALS.
FROM THE RIDING SCHOOL, LADY TRAILL PROCEEDED TO THE PO LEUNG KUK AND WAS MET BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MR RONNIE WONG, AND TOURED THE TAI PING SHAN LION'S CLUB SHELTERED WORKSHOP AND THE PUI NANG HOSTEL WITHIN THE KUK'S CAMPUS.
THE WORKSHOP WAS SET UP TO TRAIN MODERATE-GRADE HANDICAPPED ADULTS IN ESTABLISHING WORK HABITS WHILE THE HOSTEL OFFERED RESIDENTIAL CARE AND SOCIAL TRAINING FOR MODERATE GRADE RETARDED FEMALES AGED OVER 16.
LADY TRAILL SAW TRAINEES RECEIVING TRAINING ON SELF CARE AND SOCIAL SKILLS AND WORKERS ENGAGED IN SIMPLE ASSEMBLING WORK.
LADY TRAILL THEN ATTENDED A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN.
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