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Thursday, September 13, 1973

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF REH.BILITATION CENTRE

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The World Rehabilitation Fund Day Centre, run by the Social Welfare Department in Kwun Tong, celebrates its fifth anniversary tomorrow (Friday).

To mark the occasion, staff of the Centre will be holding a party The programme will include

for the trainees and workers in the afternoon.

fun fairs, games, and presentation of souvenirs to the traincas.

The Centre was built in 1968 with a generous grant from the World Rehabilitation Fund. Its objective is to provide specialised services and training facilities to help disabled people to help themselves.

Hr. Ko Ki-chung, Superintendent of the Contre said that over the past five years, some 300 disabled people had obtained gainful employnent

after completing training at the Centre.

Plans are also underway to expand our sheltered work facilities

to meet the increasing needs of those disabled people who have real difficulty in obtaining jobs in open industry for one reason or another," he said.

Release time: 7.30 p.m.