TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1978
GOVERNMENT REHABILITATION CENTRE CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY ******
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S WORLD REHABILITATION FUND DAY CENTRE IN KWUN TONG TODAY CELEBRATED ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A HUGE +BIRTHDAY+ CAKE DONATED BY A TSUEN WAN COMMUNITY LEADER, MR. YEUNG CHUN-PUL.
WITH THE HELP OF SOME TRAINEES, MR. YEUNG CUT THE 50-LB THREE-TIER CAKE WHICH WAS SHARED BY THE CENTRE'S 300 TRAINEES AND 200 GUESTS.
THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, ALONG WITH MR. YEUNG AND MR. S.H. SUNG, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF UNION METAL WORK, OFFICIATED AT A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE START OF THE DAY'S CELEBRATION.
TRAINEES OF THE CENTRE SANG SONGS, DEMONSTRATED CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS AND ENJOYED THEMSELVES AT A FUN FAIR WITH STALL GAMES SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE DISABLED. THEY ALSO STAGED AN EXHIBITION DISPLAYING THEIR WORK AND APPLIANCES.
EARLIER, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE GATHERING, MR. SUNG CALLED ON THE TRAINEES TO DISREGARD THE IR DISABILITY AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEMSELVES AS A USEFUL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
HE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE TRAINING FACILITIES PROVIDED IN THE CENTRE TO OVERCOME THEIR HANDICAP AND LEAD AN INDEPENDENT LIFE.
BUILT WITH A GRANT FROM THE WORLD REHABILITATION FUND INCORPORATION, THE CENTRE IS ONE OF THE 19 REHABILITATION INSTITUTIONS RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR THE DISABLED.
WITH A CAPACITY FOR 330 TRAINEES, THE CENTRE PROVIDES SPECIALISED SERVICES AND VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION TO PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, BLIND, DEAF, MENTALLY RETARDED AND EX-MENTAL PATIENTS.
ITS FACILITIES INCLUDE PRE-VOCATIONAL AND PRACTICAL TRAINING IN METAL AND WOOD WORK, TAILORING AND SEWING, GENERAL HANDICRAFTS AND PRINTING. TRAINEES ABOVE THE AGE OF 16 ARE ALSO TAUGHT PRINTING, MECHANICS, ELECTRONICS, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE SEWING AND MACHINE KNITTING.
IN ADDITION, THE CENTRE RUNS A SHELTERED WORKSHOP PROVIDING WORK SUCH AS SOCK-KNITTING, BOOK-BINDING, THREAD CUTTING AND PLASTIC WARE ASSEMBLING,
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