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Thursday, October 26, 1972
WORLD REHABILITATION FUND DAY CENTRE OPEN DAY
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Mrs. John Marden, wife of the chairman of the Wheelock Marden group
of companies, will officiate at a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary and
second "open day" of the World Rehabilitation Fund Day Centre tomorrow (Friday).
The Centre is one of the Social Welfare Department's most up-to-date
institutions designed to provide vocational assessment, training and sheltered
work for the physically and mentally disabled.
It was built and equipped as the result of a donation from the World
Rehabilitation Fund Incorporated of the United States. It opened in 1968.
It has a total capacity of 360 places, divided into 160 in pre-vocational
training and 100 each in vocational training and sheltered work.
The Department's Liaison and Placement Unit is located within the
building and its staff has the responsibility for finding jobs for competent
disabled after their training.
Trades taught include woodwork, metal work, tailoring and sewing,
printing, mechanics, radio and TV repairs, machine-knitting, industrial
machine-sewing, and general handicrafts. In the sheltered workshops, there
are tasks both for the skilled and the unskilled.
"The aim of this Centre," says Mr. Ko Ki-chung, Superintendent, "is
to make available the opportunity for a type of training best suited to the
potential of a particular disabled person so that he is not only adjusted to
his handicap but also helped along the road to gainful employment and independence."
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