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Monday, August 14, 1972

HONG KONG ATTENDS REHABILITATION CONGRESS IN SYDNEY

Hong Kong will be represented at the 12th World Congress of Rehabilit-

ation International in Sydney later this month by a delegation of 64.

It will be led by Dr. Harry Fang, Chairman of the Hong Kong Society

for Rehabilitation.

Membership of the Hong Kong team is made up of an official Social

Welfare Department delegation of four, headed by Miss Annie Chan, Assistant Director (Social Work), 16 other representatives of government departments,

such as Prisons, Education, and Medical and Health Services, and rehabilitation

specialists in the private sector.

The latter include the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, and the

Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts.

The Congress will begin on August 27 and continue until September 1,

but there are a number of pre-Congress activities in which Hong Kong is

participating.

Four Social Welfare Department officers will attend a seminar on

social planning in Brisbane, and three others at another seminar on vocational

rehabilitation in Adelaide.

The theme this year is "Planning Rehabilitation," and discussions

environment, incentives, and self-help.

will centre on three main aspects

The 12th World Rehabilitation Congress will be the first time such

a meeting has been held in the Southern Hemisphere. It will also be a special

occasion, marking the Golden Anniversary of Rehabilitation International, set up

in 1922.

In connection ..