TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1978
GOVERNOR OPENS TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE BLIND
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY OPENED THE POKFULAM TRAINING CENTRE FOR THE BLIND - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG PROVIDING FORMAL TRAINING FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED BLIND CHILDREN.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE, SIR MURRAY SAID IT SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF REHABILITATION WORK ON A SYSTEMATIC BASIS FOR BLIND PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE HANDICAPS.
+THIS CENTRE OFFERS FINE VOCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SOPHISTICATED PROGRAMMES. I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL DEMONSTRATE CONVINCINGLY TO EMPLOYERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT BLIND PEOPLE CAN POSSESS MORE ABILITIES THAN THE IR APPARENT HANDICAPS,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
THE THREE-STOREY CENTRE WHICH WAS BUILT WITH DONATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, AND OTHER WELFARE FUNDS, IS A JOINT VENTURE OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND AND THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND HOME FOR THE BLIND.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE POKFULAM TRAINING CENTRE TODAY.
+1 AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE POKFULAM TRAINING CENTRE.
*THE NEED FOR FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED AND BLIND PEOPLE IN HONG KONG HAS LONG BEEN FELT. IN THE PAST THE CARE OF YOUNG PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM A COMBINATION OF BLINDNESS AND MENTAL RETARDATION WAS MAINLY PROVIDED BY THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND HOME FOR THE BLIND, BUT UNDER A RESTRICTED PROGRAMME.
+THIS CENTRE, A JOINT VENTURE OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND AND THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND HOME FOR THE BLIND IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG PROVIDING FORMAL TRAINING FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED BLIND CHILDREN. IT SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF REHABILITATION WORK ON A SYSTEMATIC BASIS FOR BLIND PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE HANDICAPS.
+THIS CENTRE OFFERS FINE VOCATIONAL FACILITIES AND SOPHISTICATED PROGRAMMES. I HAVE NO DOUBT IT WILL DEMONSTRATE CONVINCINGLY TO EMPLOYERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT BLIND PEOPLE CAN POSSESS MORE ABILITIES THAN THEIR APPARENT HANDICAPS. GIVEN THE RIGHT NUMBER OF THE RIGHT JOBS, MOST DISABLED PERSONS OF WHATEVER AGE CAN BE HELPED TO MAKE THEIR OWN WAY INTO SOCIETY.
+I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND HOME FOR THE BLIND AND THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ON THIS MAGNIFICENT PROJECT.
+I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE PIONEERING AND SUCCESSFUL ROLE ASSUMED BY THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN THESE MATTERS AND THIS CENTRE IS INDEED AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
+1 NOW HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING THE POKFULAM TRAINING CENTRE OPEN.+
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