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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1977

COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS PRAISES POLICE CADETS

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THE COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, MR. T.G. GARNER THIS MORNING PRAISED THE POLICE CADETS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SAID THAT THEY HAVE SET AN ADMIRABLE EXAMPLE IN HELPING OTHERS.

MR. GARNER MADE THE REMARKS WHEN HE PRESENTED A PRISONS DEPARTMENT TROPHY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE COMMANDANT CF THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL, MR. P.E. BIRNEY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF INSTITUTE IN STANELY. HE ALSO PRESENTED SIX MINIATURE TROPHIES TO THE CADETS.

IN HIS BRIEF ADDRESS, MR. GARNER SAID THE TROPHIES WERE ONLY A SYMBOL OF REWARD, BUT THE REAL REWARD WAS THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT +YOU HAVE HELPED SOMEONE LESS FORTUNATE THAN CURSELVES.+

STUDENT PHYSIOTHERAPISTS COMPLETE TRAINING

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SIXTEEN STUDENT PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WILL GRADUATE FROM THE PHYSIOTHERAPY TRAINING SCHOOL THIS MONTH AFTER COMPLETING A THREE-YEAR TRAINING COURSE.

A GRADUATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 16), WHEN DR. K.L. THONG, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, WILL ADDRESS THE GATHERING AND MRS. THONG ILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES TO THE GRADUATES.

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IN HONG KONG, PHYSIOTHERAPY IS A RAPIDLY GROWING PROFESSION WITH AN EVER INCREASING DEMAND UPON ITS SERVICES. THE PHYSIOTHERAPY UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF TREATMENTS FOR MANY CONDITIONS AND THE PHYSIOTHERAPISTS FORM AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MEDICAL TEAMS.

BY USE OF EXERCISE, MASSAGE, HYDROTHERAPY AND OTHER MEANS, PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN SPEED UP THE PATIENTS RECOVERY AND PREVENT COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING INJURY OR DISEASE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE GRADUATION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE GYMNASIUM, PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT, ELOCK D1, QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL AT 3.30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 16). YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE EVENT COVERED.