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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1976
SPORTS AND GAMES VITAL TO THE HANDICAPPED ******
SPORTS AND GAMES ARE VITAL TO THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED BECAUSE NOT ONLY CAN THEY STRENGTHEN THEIR BODY AND IMPROVE THEIR MOVEMENT BUT ALSO HELP INCREASE THEIR CONFIDENCE AND PROMOTE A SENSE OF MUTUAL HELP AND CO-OPERATION AMONG THEM- SELVES.
DR. HARRY FANG, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, SAID THIS TODAY AT THE 1976 SPORTS DAY OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DÉPARTMENT'S REHABILITATION CENTRES AT THE MONG KOK STADIUM.
DR. FANG NOTED THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD. IN THE COURSE OF GROWING UP, RECEIVE MORAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL AND GROUP TRAINING. +IN SCHOOLS AS WELL AS IN REHABILITATION CENTRES, THE SELECTED SYLLABUS SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENTS.+
HE WAS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT ALL THE REHABILITATION CENTRES RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFFERED TRAINING PROGRAMMES WITH GREAT EMPHASIS PLACED ON SPORTS AND GAMES.
+SPORTS AND GAMES DO HELP THE DISABLED TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL ABILITIES AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY CAN RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE ADDED.
DR. FANG URGED THE COMPETITORS THAT THEY SHOULD CONSTANTLY TAKE PART IN SPORTS ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS PHYSICAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND COMPETITIONS ORGANISED FOR THEM SO THAT SOMEDAY THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS.
IN HIS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. FRED CLARK, SAID THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE DISABLED UNDER THE CARE OF THE S.W.D.'S 15 REHABILITATION CENTRES GOT TOGETHER ON THE SAME FIELD TO ENGAGE IN FRIENDLY COMPETITIONS.
HE BELIEVED THAT THE SPORTS DAY WAS THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG, WITH SOME 1,300 PARTICIPANTS AND 500 REHABILITATION WORKERS INVOLVED.
MR. CLARK THANKED ALL THE ORGANISERS FOR ARRANGING AND CO-ORDINATING SUCH A HUGE GATHERING AND ESPECIALLY EXTENDED HIS APPRECIATION TO ALL THE VOLUNTARY HELPERS WHO HAD STEPPED IN WITH SUCH ENTHUSIASM.
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