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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1979

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IN SEPTEMBER AN ADJACENT SITE IN KAU TO MEASURING 724 SQUARE METRES, ALSO FOR LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, FETCHED $4 420 PER SQUARE METRE.

IN JUNE A SITE FOR MULTI-STOREY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT LOK LO HA MEASURING 1 679 SQUARE METRES WAS SOLD FOR

$12,5 MILLION.

A FURTHER SEVEN RESIDENTIAL SITES AND TWO INDUSTRIAL SITES IN SHA TIN WILL BE SOLD TO HOLDERS OF LAND EXCHANGE ENTITLEMENTS NEXT MONTH.

DISABLED CHILDREN HAVE FUN IN CHRISTMAS PARTIES

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THE DIRECTOR AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TODAY (THURSDAY) SHARED THE CHRISTMAS JOY WITH HUNDREDS OF DISABLED CHILDREN AT TWO SEPARATE PARTIES HOSTED BY THREE REHABILITATION CENTRES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

THE DIRECTOR, MR. THOMAS LEE, JOINED THE DISABLED TRAINEES OF THE WORLD REHABILITATION FUND DAY CENTRE AT THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY AT KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND, WHILE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MRS. ANSON CHAN, ATTENDED THE JOINT PARTY OF THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE AND KAI CHI CHILDREN'S CENTRE IN WONG CHUK HANG.

AT THE PARTY IN KWUN TONG, THE DISABLED TRAINEES WERE ENTERTAINED TO A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCES WHICH INCLUDED LION DANCE, CHINESE MARTIAL ART, SINGING AND MAGIC SHOWS. SOME OF THEM DISPLAYED THEIR OWN TALENTS IN CHOIR, WHEELCHAIR DANCE AND SOLO PERFORMANCES. THERE WAS ALSO A LUCKY DRAW.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE PARTY, MR. LEE SAID THE GATHERING HAD PARTICULAR MEANING IN THAT THE CENTRE'S VOCATIONAL AND PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING SECTIONS WOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT NEXT YEAR, WHILE THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP WOULD REMAIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

HE SAID THAT TO COPE WITH CHANGING SOCIAL NEEDS, DEVELOPMENT AT THE CENTRE HAD BEEN PROGRESSIVE, WITH ITS NUMBER OF DISABLED TRAINEES RISING FROM A MEAGRE 56 IN 1968 TO THE PRESENT 290.

+ THE CENTRE HAS MADE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGH ITS TRAINING AND SHELTERED WORKSHOP PROGRAMMES IN PREPARING THE DISABLED FOR INDEPENDENT WORKING LIFE, HE SAID.

AT THE JOINT CHRISTMAS PARTY IN WONG CHUK HANG, MRS. CHAN SHARED THE JOY WITH THE DISABLED CHILDREN AS EACH OF THEM RECEIVED A CHRISTMAS GIFT, NOT FROM SANTA CLAUS, BUT FROM THE AMUSING PANDA CHARACTER OF REDIFFUSION TELEVISIÓN, +MO MO+.

THEY HAD FUN IN A LUCKY DRAW AND ENJOYED THE SHOWS BY THE MOBILE STREET THEATRE OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES. SOME OF THEM ALSO PUT UP THEIR OWN TALENTS SHOWS TO THE DELIGHT OF THEIR FELLOW TRAINEES.

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