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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1980

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HANDICAPPED STUDENTS WELCOMED AT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

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HANDICAPPED PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE A VALUABLE SOURCE OF GENERALLY UNTAPPED MANPOWER WHICH CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SAID MR DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.

MR WATERS WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MUSIC CONTEST ORGANISED BY THE JOINT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION AT THE KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

+HANDICAPPED PEOPLE GENERALLY ARE RELIABLE AND DEDICATED TO THEIR JOBS. THEY CAN BE DEPENDED UPON SOMETIMES EVEN MORE THAN NORMAL PEOPLE, HE SAID.

MR WATERS NOTED THAT A NUMBER OF YOUNG DESERVING PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE HAD JOINED COURSES IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND WERE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. THESE STUDENTS WERE INTEGRATED

INTO NORMAL CLASSES.

+1 AM SURE ALL OF YOU HERE THIS EVENING WILL AGREE WITH ME WE SHOULD WELCOME SUCH STUDENTS INTO OUR INSTITUTES AND THAT WE HOPE THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THE NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED STUDENTS IN THE INSTITUTES WILL INCREASE, HE SAID.

MORE SCOPE FOR CONTROLLED REFUSE TIPPING

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FACILITIES FOR TIPPING OF REFUSE AT SHUEN WAN, OFF TING KOK ROAD IN TAI PO, WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE WITH THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH PHASE OF CONTROLLED TIPPING WORKS,

THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASES OF THE EXISTING SHUEN WAN CONTROLLED TIP HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK ON THE THIRD PHASE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED NEXT MONTH.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PWD SAID THAT IN THE FOURTH PHASE, FILLING OF THE CONTROLLED TIP WOULD CONTINUE TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE WORKS.

*WHEN THE ENTIRE TIP IS FILLED TO ITS DESIGNED CAPACITY BY SANITARY LANDFILL METHOD IN LATE 1982, A TOTAL 5.9 HECTARES OF OPEN SPACE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL AND AMENITY USES.

+SANITARY LANDFILL CONSISTS OF THE SPREADING OF REFUSE IN LAYERS, COVERING EACH LAYER WITH INERT EARTH AS TIPPING PROCEEDS AND SEALING OFF ALL WORKING FACES AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH DAY'S WORK TO OBVIATE NOXIOUS SMELLS, CONTROL VERMIN AND ELIMINATE HEALTH AND FIRE HAZARDS, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT COVERING MATERIAL FOR THE SHUEN WAN TIP WOULD BE OBTAINED FROM AN ADJACENT BORROW AREA WHERE ABOUT 2.3 HECTARES OF LAND WOULD BE FORMED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

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