SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1980
DSW OPENS TRAINING CENTRE FOR RETARDED CHILDREN
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REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT TOOK ANOTHER STEP FORWARD WITH THE OPENING TODAY (SATURDAY) OF HONG KONG'S FIRST PRE-SCHOOL_TRAINING CENTRE FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AGED TWO TO SIX YEARS.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE, THIS MORNING UNVEILED A PLAQUE AT A CEREMONY TO OPEN THE TRAINING CENTRE OPERATED BY THE PO LEUNG KUK IN SAU MAU PING ESTATE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR LEE SAID THE PROJECT WAS IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF WELFARE SERVICE TO MEET CHANGING SOCIAL NEEDS.
HE SAID THE PROJECT, FINANCED BY A $400 000 BRANT FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND MADE THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, COULD ACCOMMODATE 48 SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE.
+THE CENTRE PROVIDES DAY CARE AND PRE-SCHOOL BASIC TRAINING IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT TO PREPARE THE CHILDREN FOR FURTHER SUITABLE TRAINING LATER ON+, HE SAID.
OCCUPYING A FLOOR AREA OF 4 800 SQUARE FEET, HE SAID, THE CENTRE IS EQUIPPED WITH VARIOUS FACILITIES INCLUDING ROOMS FOR TRAINING CLASSES, PLAY ACTIVITIES, NURSING CARE AND PHYSIOTHERAPY, AS WELL AS OUTDOOR PLAYGROUND,
MR LEE PRAISED THE PO LEUNG KUK FOR ITS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN SOCIAL WELFARE, PARTICULARLY FOR STARTING THE PRE-SCHOOL TRAINING CENTRE PROJECT.
+BACK IN 1978, THE KUK OPERATED THE FIRST TRAINING CENTRE IN KWAI SHING FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 16 YEARS, HE SAID.
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RENEWAL OF HAWKER LICENCE IN KWAI CHUNG
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PEOPLE HOLDING ITINERANT HAWKER LICENCES FOR KWAI CHUNG SHOULD RENEW THEIR LICENCES AT THE KWAI CHUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE FROM APRIL 1.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WAS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF HAWKERS LIVING IN KWAI CHUNG. THOSE WHO LIVE IN TSUEN WAN SHOULD CONTINUE TO RENEW THE IR LICENCES AT THE TSUEN WAN URBAN SERVICES OFFICE.
THE KWAI CHUNG URBAN SERVICES OFFICE IS SITUATED AT 31, SHING FONG STREET, 5/F., KWAI CHUNG.
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