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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1991
HONG KONG TO HOST TALKS ON ASIAN SCHOOLS SPORTS FEDERATION
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HONG KONG IS TO HOST A PREPARATORY MEETING ON THE SETTING OF AN ASIAN SCHOOLS SPORTS FEDERATION.
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, HAS WRITTEN TO 11 ASIAN CITIES/COUNTRIES IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL INVITING THEM ΤΟ SEND DELEGATES TO THE PREPARATORY MEETING, TO BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 28 TO DECEMBER 1.
THE PLACES INVITED ARE CHINA, MACAU, SOUTH KOREA, INDIA, THAILAND, BRUNEI, SRI LANKA, SIGNAPORE, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
THE DEADLINE FOR PARTICIPATION IS NOVEMBER 12 AND EACH PLACE MAY SEND TWO DELEGATES. THE EXPENSES FOR THEIR FOUR-DAY STAY IN HONG KONG WILL BE FOOT BY THE HONG KONG SCHOOLS SPORTS COUNCIL.
THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (PHYSICAL EDUCATION) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR LAU CHAK-BUN, SAID IT WAS AT THE RECENT 20TH ASIAN SCHOOLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
IN MALAYSIA THAT PARTICIPANTS, AT AN INITIATIVE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AGREED то THE. FORMATION OF AN ASIAN SCHOOLS SPORTS FEDERATION.
HE SAID HONG KONG WAS NOMINATED TO HOST A PREPARATORY MEETING TO FULLY DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
VISITS TO SHOW CONCERN FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED
A CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN WONG TAI SIN ON SUNDAY (NOVEMBER 10) TO MARK THE START OF A SERIES OF TERRITORY-WIDE VISITS ΤΟ SHOW CONCERN FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD) AND THE ORIENTAL PRESS CHARITABLE FUND ASSOCIATION.
THE EVENT, ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CARE AND SHARE OPERATION BEING HELD BY THE SWD THIS YEAR, IS AIMED AT ENHANCING
PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CARING FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED.
OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG; THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORIENTAL PRESS CHARITABLE FUND ASSOCIATION, MR MA CHING-KWAN.
THEY WILL JOIN VOLUNTEERS ON VISITS TO THE NEEDY, INCLUDING ELDERLY SINGLETONS, AFTER THE CEREMONY.
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