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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1976

H.K. GOOD AT ORGANISING SOCIAL WELFARE SEMINARS

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HONG KONG HAS ACQUIRED THE REPUTATION FOR BEING GOOD AT ORGANISING AND HOSTING REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN RECENT YEARS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL SEMINAR ON VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND DEAF ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM HONG KONG AND 13 ASIAN COUNTRIES.

AS A RESULT OF BEING SELECTED THE VENUE FOR THE SEMINAR, HE SAID, HONG KONG AND ITS REHABILITATION SERVICES HAD BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION.

MR. LEE NOTED THAT THE SEMINAR HAD BEEN A VERY INTENSIVE ONE AND THE DIRECTING STAFF WERE AMONG THE MOST EXPERIENCED IN THE FIELD.

HE WAS SURE THAT THOSE LOCAL REHABILITATION WORKERS WHO CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE VISITORS IN THE COURSE OF THE SEMINAR HAD BENEFITED FROM THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND VIEWS.

+YOU WOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM ONE ANOTHER THE NUANCES RELATIVE TO BOTH THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES AND REALISED THAT EACH OF US MUST DEVELOP IN THE MANNER MOST BEFITTING OUR PECULIAR NEEDS, COMPATIBLE WITH OUR ECONOMIC CAPABILITY AND IN KEEPING WITH OUR SPECIAL CULTURAL HERITAGE.

+HOWEVER, WE WILL ALL BE READY TO AGREE THAT THE ULTIMATE AIM IS ALWAYS TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF THE DISABLED, TO PROMOTE THEIR ACCEPTANCE IN EMPLOYMENT AND BY THE SOCIETY AT LARGE WITH EVERY MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL, HE ADDED.

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT TEMPORARY TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE FEI NGOR SHAN ROAD AREA ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 19).

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THREE HOURS FROM 9 A.M., WERE TO ENABLE THE ROUND FEI NGOR SHAN RUN+ TO BE HELD.

DURING THAT PERIOD THE SECTION OF FEI NGOR SHAN ROAD FROM CLEARWATER BAY ROAD TO JATS INCLINE AND THE SECTION OF JATS INCLINE FROM FEI NGOR SHAN ROAD TO GOOD HOPE SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TO VEHICLES.

IN ADDITION, THE SECTION OF SHATIN PASS ROAD BETWEEN TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD AND JATS INCLINE WILL BE RE-ROUTED TWO-WAY.

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