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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1989
NORTH DISTRICT DELEGATION LEAVES FOR STUDY TOUR
BOARD MEMBERS THIS (MONDAY) MORNING POR AN
A NORTH DISTRICT DELEGATION COMPRISING DISTRICT AND LOCAL DIGNITARIES LEFT HONG KONG EIGHT-DAY STUDY TOUR OF JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.
MR
HAYMOND
PANG.
AND
MR WILLIAM HUI. THE 16-MEMBER
THE SEOUL,
CAPITALS OF THE TWO
DISTRICT
CHAIRMAN, BOARD LED BY THE ACCOMPANIED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICER,
AND DELEGATION WILL VISIT TOKYO COUNTRIES.
WILL
IN TOKYO, THE GROUP GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOREST CONSERVATION.
HAVE
A NEW
TOWN
FIRST-HAND LOOK AT LOCAL
DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING.
TRADE
THE CHIEF HONG KONG ECONOMIC THE GROUP WILL ALSO MEET
AND
NR LEE IN TOKYO, REPRESENTATIVE
FOR A BETTER LAP-SUN, UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG/JAPAN RELATIONS,
WHILE IN SEOUL, THE DELEGATION WILL VISIT AN
ARTS
CENTRE AND
THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS.
THE GROUP WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON DECEMBER 4.
'TUNNEL OF CARE' AN EXPERIENCE OF HOW BLIND PEOPLE FEEL
NEXT
VISITORS TO THE "IN TOUCH WITH REHABILITATION" EXHIBITION MONTH WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE HOW BLIND PEOPLE FEEL.
THE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE PROVIDED BY A
WHICH
BY
THE
HONG
'TUNNEL OF CARE"
OF THE
JOINTLY EXHIBITION,
ORGANISED IS THE MAIN FEATURE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.
THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD BETWEEN DECEMBER 2 AND AT THE NEW WORLD PLAZA, TSIM SHA TSUI.
{MONDAY} DESIGN WILL
A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY THAT THE "TUNNEL OF CARE" IS 20 METRES LONG. ITS SPECIAL ENABLE EXHIBITION VISITORS TO WALK THROUGH IN DARKNESS.
"DURING THE FIVE-MINUTE WALK, VISITORS WILL SITUATION SIMILAR TO TOTAL BLINDNESS.
EXPERIENCE
A
"SOUND EFFECTS, SUCH AS TRAFFIC IN THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES, FALLING OBJECTS, JACK-HAMMERS AND WATERFRONT SOUNDS WILL BE BROADCAST
TUNNEL. IT WILL PROVIDE INSIDE THE
VISITORS A CHANCE
ΤΟ REACT IF POSSIBLE DANGER IN A REAL SITUATION AND HOW BLIND.
TO SENSR THEY WERE
"WE HOPE
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