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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
"LAYING
ADMINISTRATIVE
FOR THE
FUTURE HONG KONG
SPECIAL
THE FOUNDATIONS REGION INVOLVES AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK. PART OF
IS GOING ON THIS WEEK IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP,
HE ADDED.
OF THE "I HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE PRACTICAL RESULTS COMING OUT
GREAT DEAL OF WORK OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, BECAUSE THERE IS A PRACTICAL WORK TO DO AND WE ONLY HAVE A FURTHER SIX AND A HALF YEARS TO DO IT IN," SIR DAVID SAID.
GOVT STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF REHABILITATION SERVICES
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED TWO SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS MENTALLY AND VISUALLY HANDICAPPED.
THIS (WEDNESDAY) PROVIDING SERVICES
AFTERNOON
FOR
THE
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT.
ACTING DIRECTOR OF
SIR DAVID SAID AS A COMMUNITY, WE SHOULD DO ALL THAT TO HELP THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
WE COULD
FULFIL THEIR OUR TARGETS. IN FOR
"THE AIM MUST BE TO ENABLE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO
FACILITIES TO MEET POTENTIAL. WE SHALL NEED MORE
SEE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PARTICULAR, I WOULD LIKE TO THOSE CAPABLE OF WORKING.
SIR DAVID
SAID
UNDER ON
THE REHABILITATION
SOCIAL
PROGRAMME, $331 THE CURRENT
WELFARE
IN SERVICES MILLION WOULD BE SPENT FINANCIAL YEAR, A 25 PER CENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
OPENED, INCLUDING FIVE SIX HOSTELS, HE
NEXT YEAR, 14 NEW FACILITIES WOULD BE DAY ACTIVITY CENTRES, THREE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND SAID.
SIR DAVID FIRST VISITED THE LAI YIU ADULT LAI YIU ESTATE, KWAI CHUNG.
TRAINING CENTRE IN
OF HOMES FOR
HANDICAPPED, THE OPERATED BY THE SOCIETY CENTRE HAS A DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE WITH 100 PLACES AND A HOSTEL WITH PLACES FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
HONG
KONG
THE
70
A
JOCKEY CLUB THE ROYAL THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED
BLIND IN SHEK KIP MEI. THIS CENTRE OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE
ELDERLY BLIND PEOPLE, MULTI-SERVICE BUILDING INCLUDES A HOME FOR
THE MENTALLY RETARDED BLIND, DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE AND HOSTEL FOR REHABILITATION AND TRAINING CENTRE AND OTHER SUPPORT FACILITIES.
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