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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1989
"WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT
TO
MINISTERS OF THE COUNTRIES WERE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME OF THEIR VALUABLE TIME AND LISTEN ATTENTIVELY OUR CASE,' MRS TAM SAID.
"
DURING
THEIR
VISIT,
MINISTER OF SINGAPORE. MR
STATE FOR
FOREIGN
AND
LEE COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN
MEMBERS
HAD
MEETINGS
WITH
THE KUAN YEW:
AFFAIRS,
AFFAIRS
AND
THE PRIME BRITISH
OF SECRETARY MR JOHN MAJOR: THE
MR TRADE,
GARETH AFFAIRS, MR JOE
OF FOREIGN
RUSSELL EXTERNAL
EVANS; THE CANADIAN SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS. MR CLARK: THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTER MARSHALL; AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN THE INDIAN MINISTRY OF AFFAIRS. MR JAYANT PRASAD.
OPPORTUNITY
KNOWLEDGE OF HONG "WE ARE IMPRESSED BY THE UNDERSTANDING AND
THAT KONG THAT MINISTERS SHOWED DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS AND WE BELIEVE THIS KIND OF INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT FOR ENCOURAGING AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AN EVEN GREATER
MRS TAM SAID. MORE POSITIVE INTEREST IN HONG KONG,
AND
THE OMELCO GROUP WILL
RETURN ΤΟ HONG KONG THIS (SATURDAY)
MORNING.
INTEGRATION OF DISABLED A JOINT EFFORT
THE DISABLED
THE
THE SUCCESS OF INTEGRATING
INTO THE COMMUNITY HINGES ON THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DISABLED, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND
OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MRS COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE DIRECTOR
ELIZABETH
WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE ADDRESSING
CONFERENCE ON "INTEGRATION HANDICAPS IN HONG KONG" AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC. THE THREE GROUPS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.
WITH OF PEOPLE
MRS WONG SAID
"NONE OF US CAN FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY IN ISOLATION.
SHE SAID.
AND THE
"DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR PARENTS, THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS
ΤΟ ABILITY THEIR
PLAY A PART IN SKILLS, SHOULD DEMONSTRATE COMMUNITY.
M
GOVERNMENT, DISABLED OPPORTUNITIES
MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE VOLUNTARY AND PRIVATE SECTORS SHOULD GIVE THE TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL.
OPEN-MIND AND A WARM FELLOW CITIZENS IN THEIR
"THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SHOULD KEEP AN HEART TO ACCEPT PERSONS WITH HANDICAPS AS OWN RIGHT.
"IT IS ONLY THROUGH CO-OPERATION THAT WE, THE THE DISABLED. CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL LIFE.
ABLE-BODIED AND
/"THIS IS