SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1985
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OUTSTANDING AWARDS FOR HANDICAPPED VOLUNTEERS
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ELEVEN HANDICAPPED YOUNG VOLUNTEERS TODAY WON OUTSTANDING AWARDS FOR THE IR VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S +OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPED YOUTH VOLUNTEERS AWARD PROJECT+.
SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE SAID THE PROJECT AIMED TO ENCOURAGE HANDICAPPED YOUTHS TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE IR SOCIAL AWARENESS AND SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, AND TO DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL.
SHE SAID RESPONSE TO THE PROJECT WAS VERY GOOD AND OVER 45 NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES.
THE AWARDEES CONSISTED OF THOSE MENTALLY RETARDED, DEAF, BLIND, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND EX-MENTAL PATIENT.
THEY WERE EACH AWARDED A GIFT COUPON OF $1 000 AND A SOUVENIR.
MRS DOE SAID ALL THE PARTICIPANTS HAD DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT DEPENDING ON OTHERS.
SHE PAID TRIBUTE TO THEM AND HOPED THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND TO ENCOURAGE MORE OTHERS TO JOIN,
THE WINNERS OF THE OUTSTANDING AWARDS ARE ALL UNDER 40 YEARS OF AGE, WITH THE YOUNGEST AT 14.
DRAWING COMPETITION FOR YOUNGSTERS
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MORE THAN 400 PRIMARY STUDENTS IN TO KWA WAN WILL BE PAINTING WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE AREA WHEN THEY ENTER A DRAWING COMPETITION AT THE HOI SHAM PARK TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
THE COMPETITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE TO KWA WAN NORTH AREA COMMITTEE, IS DIVIDED INTO JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECTIONS: THE JUNIOR SECTION FOR THOSE AGED SIX TO EIGHT AND THE SENIOR SECTION FOR THOSE AGED BETWEEN NINE AND 12.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION ARE TO PROMOTE PRIMARY STUDENTS' INTEREST IN ART AND TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN THE SURROUNDINGS.
NINE PRIZES
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