SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1986
REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN PROMOTES INTEGRATION
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THE MAIN THEME OF THIS YEAR'S REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN WAS TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT THE DISABLED, ESPECIALLY THE EX-MENTALLY ILL, AND HELP THEM TO RE-INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.
THIS WAS REVEALED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR REHABILITATION, MR ALDAN KWOK, WHEN HE WAS ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A CONCERT HELD AT RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG TODAY (SUNDAY), TO BEGIN THIS YEAR'S REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN.
THE CAMPAIGN'S SECONDARY THEME IS TO AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO EXTEND COURTESY TO DISABLED PASSENGERS TRAVELLING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT, HE SAID.
MR KWOK ADDED THAT PUBLICITY MATERIALS FOR THIS YEAR'S REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN INCLUDED TWO TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST (API), TWO SUPPORTING RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS, A NEW POSTER, AN EXISTING BOOKLET ON MENTAL HEALTH, AND A LEAFLET ON HALF-WAY HOUSES.
THE REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN, WITH A FUNDING OF $200 000, IS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1986/87.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MISS MARIA TAM; DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR CLIVE OXLEY) AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PUBLICITY) OF INFORMATION. SERVICES, MR GEORGE YUEN.
THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR CONCERT WITH PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS MICHAEL KWAN, DANNY CHAN AND ALBERT AU.
TODAY'S CONCERT FORMED THE SECOND EPISODE OF THE INFORMATION '86 SERIES JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE RADIO SECTION OF RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.
THE INFORMATION 86 SERIES TAKES THE FORM OF OUTDOOR SHOWS WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING VARIOUS GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN MESSAGES. THE SHOWS, ORGANISED ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WILL BE BROADCAST ON RTHK.
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