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Saturday, November 3, 1973
VISITS TO COMUNITY CHEST AGENCIES BY LADY MACLEHOSE
Lady MacLehose, President of the Community Cheat of Hong Kong,
will begin another round of visits to member agencies on Tuesday morning
(November 6).
She will be visiting the Red Cross John F. Kennedy Centre in
Sandy Bay and the Wah Hong Hostel for the Aged in Wah Fu Estate.
Miss Susan Hume, Social Scretary of Government House, and Mr. Colin
Morrison, Executive Director of the Chest, will accompany Lady MacLehose
on the visits.
At the John F. Kennedy Centre, the party will be met by Mr. Tun
Run Shaw, President of the Hong Kong Red Cross, and Dr. B.M. Kotewall,
Supervisor of the Centre.
The Centre is a residential school for handicapped children
between the ages of four and 14, and is designed to house a maximum of
60 resident and 20 day pupils. The number is expected to
80 pupils
be increased to 110 by 1975.
Aside from individual special instructions, the pupils are encouraged
to keep up wit topical events through news media and classroom discussions,
and by attending exhibitions, live performances and cultural centres.
Transportation is provided for day pupils and for residential
pupils who return home during weekends and holidays.
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