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Saturday, March 24, 1973

TRAINING CENTRE FOR SPASTIC CHILDREN

To Be Opened By Lady MacLehose

Lady MacLehose will officially open a new training centre established

by the Spastics Association of Hong Kong at Sau Mau Ping Resettlement Estate

on Monday (March 26) at 3.15 p.m.

The centre, which provides training for spastic children in the Kwun

Tong area, came into operation at Block 25 in January this year.

It caters for mentally handicapped children from four to 12 years of

age. They receive training in self care, social behaviour, informal educational

activities and recreation.

The main aim is to prepare the children for further training, either

in a special school or a vocational training centre.

It is expected that the present enrolment of 20 will increase in the

near future. If more than 40 are enrolled the centre will operate two sessions

per day.

Grants to establish the centre were received from the Wah Kiu Yat

Po ($30,000), Round Table No. 6 ($14,000) and the Lotteries Fund ($6,000). The

Kwun Tong Lions Club provided a van, and a number of private donations were

received.

Recurrent expenses for the first two years of operation are being

met by a grant of $163,700 from the Lotteries Fund.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to send a reporter and photographer to cover the opening ceremony. Mr. Chong Pui-choi, from the Social Welfare Department, will be present to assist the Press.

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