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+AMONG ITS FEATURES ARE A WATER POND, A ROCK MOUND AND AN EARTH MOUND IN THE CENTRE, WITH A FUTURISTIC-LOOKING PAVILION ON ONE SIDE OF THE POND, HE SAID.
+THERE IS A CIRCULAR PATH WITH AN ARCHED BRIDGE AS WELL AS A MAIN PATH WHICH LINKS UP THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE GARDEN.
+IN ADDITION, THE GARDEN HAS A SEMI-COVERED AREA FOR
THE BOUNDARY OF THE GARDEN SEATING AND DISPLAY OF PLANTS. IS ALSO COVERED BY PLANTS.+
500 ENJOY VARIETY SHOW WITH THE DISABLED
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ABOUT 500 PEOPLE ENJOYED A VARIETY SHOW HELD IN WAN CHAI THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS WITH THE DISABLED.
THE AUDIENCE OF DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE WAS TREATED TO SINGING, DANCING AND DRAMA BY BOTH DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PERFORMERS FROM VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE SHOW WAS HELD AT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER MR ROGER GARCIA NOTED THAT MANY INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT OFFERED REHABILITATION SERVICES TO DISABLED PERSONS AND, HE SAID, THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MUCH APPRECIATED.
THE JOINT PERFORMANCES BY DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE IN THE VARIETY SHOW DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATE THROUGH PARTICIPATION, MR GARCIA ADDED.
IT WAS ALSO HOPED THAT THROUGH SUCH ACTIVITIES, THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISABLED.
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THE SHOW WAS ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD. GUESTS WERE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM- CHAIRMAN OF THE VARIETY SHOW WORKING GROUP, MR TERENCE TENG AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS DONNA WONG.
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