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Tuesday, November 20, 1973

VISIT TO LEPROSY MISSION BY LADY MACLEHOSE

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Lady MacLehose, President of the Community Chest of Hong Kong,

will be visiting the Leprosy Mission on Hay Ling Chau on Thursday (November 22)

to see at first hand the work being carried out there.

The main object of the Leprosy Mission, one of the Chest's member

agencies, is to minister to the physical and mental needs of sufferers

from leprosy, to assist in their rehabilitation and to work towards the

eradication of leprosy.

On arrival, Lady MacLehose will be met by Mr. A.D. Waudby, Secretary

of the Mission; Mr. Ho Sau-wing, Administrative Superintendent; and Dr. Cheung

Kwan-seng, Medical Officer-in-charge.

She will tour the buildings at Kwo Lo Wan

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to the pier and inspect the patients at work. She will then call at the

medical centre, the physiotherapy and, pccupational therapy departments,

the church and recreational centre and the handicraft workshop.

Lady MacLehose will be accompanied on the visit by Miss Susan Hume,

Social Secretary of Government House; Dr. S.H. Lee, Assistant Director of

Medical and Health Services; and Mr. Colin Morrison, Executive Director

of the Chest.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to send reporters and photographers to cover the visit. However, photographers are requested to avoid taking full view pictures of the patients.

Transport will be provided. A launch, "Ling Hong No.2", will be waiting at Queen's Pier at 9 a.m. on Thursday to take Press representatives to Hay Ling Chau. On arrival, vans from the Leprosy Mission will take the Press to the main valley.

At about 11.15 a.m., the "Ling Hong No. 2" will take reporters to Peng Chau, where they can board passenger ferries back to Hong Kong.

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