WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987
GOVERNOR OPENS REHABILITATION ENGINEERING CENTRE
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THE REHABILITATION ENGINEERING CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG
AGENCIES POLYTECHNIC WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER
AND PROFESSIONALS GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID
IN THE REHABILITATION FIELD, THE
TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF
CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID THE THAT ITS PRODUCTS WERE CENTRE WOULD DO SO TO ENSURE
SUITABLE FOR LIXIAL CONDITIONS AND THAT THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY WERE USED TO MAXIMUM POSSIBLE EXTENT TO ASSIST THE PROCESS OF REHABILITATION.
THE
BE "IN SOME CASES STANDARD PRODUCTS TO ASSIST THE DISABLED MAY
THE
THAT CASE
CUSTOM MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS QUITE OFTEN
HE SAID. ALDS AND DEVICES ARE NEEDED TO MEET INDIVIDUAL RQUIREMENTS,
OF IDEA
THIS "IT WAS TO MEET
PARTICULAR NEED THAT THE REHABILITATION ENGINEERING CENTRE WAS DEVELOPED, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID IT WAS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE LOCATED IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
A
CENTRE WAS
AS "FOR SOME YEARS, VOLUNTARY REHABILITATION AGENCIES, AS WELL
FOR HELP INDIVIDUAL DISABLED PEOPLE, HAVE APPROACHED THE POLYTECHNIC
AND REPAIR IN THE MANUFACTURE, DESIGN
OF REHABILITATION AIDS AND
DEVICES.
THE
WITH
IT'S PARAMEDICAL THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGING
"THEY KNOW THAT THE POLYTECHNIC,
HAS
NECESSARY DEPARTMENTS,
AND EXPERTISE, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES, TO TAKE ON THIS VERY WORK, HE SAID.
·
OF THE
SIR DAVID SAID A GREAT DEAL
CREDIT FOR THIS CENTRE UP SHOULD GO TO DR HARRY FANG, WHO INITIATED THE IDEA AND FOLLOWED IT DILIGENTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY VOLUNTARY SECTOR, AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
CLUB, THE
FANG
HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
THIS
HIS
OUTSTANDING SERVICES IN
CONTRIBUTION
HONG
TO
ΤΟ OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT THE
THANK
RONG
AS
DR OF THE
FOR REHABILITATION REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE SINCE ITS
OF CHAIRMAN
FORMATION
IN 1977.
"ALSO TO ASSURE HIM,
AND ALL OF
OF YOU,
THE GOVERNMENT'S DISABLED IN
CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE WELL BEING OF THE OUR COMMUNITY, HE STRESSED.
CLUB ALSO DESERVED SIR DAVID SAID THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY MUCH CREDIT FOR ITS DONATION OF $41.9 MILLION TO THE CENTRE.
ROLE
"THIS ILLUSTRATES ONCE AGAIN THE CONTINUING AND IMPORTANT THAT THE CLUB PLAYS IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
TERM
+
REHABILITATION
ENGINEERING'
THE AS TO THE MEANING OF
A COMPARATIVELY RECENT TERM NIR DAVID SAID HE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS
THE NEEDS OF USED TO DESCRIBE THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO MEET DISABLED PEOPLE DURING THEIR REHABILITATION PROCESS.
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