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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1980

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG=

* TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT, TRADE DECLARATION RECEIVING COUNTERS, GROUND FLOOR, OCEAN CENTRE, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, AND GROUND FLOOR, 46 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG-

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CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TRADE CLASSIFICATION SECTION, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 3RD FLOOR, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.

IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS ARE URGED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING TRADE DECLARATIONS ARE AWARE OF THESE AMENDMENTS TO PREVENT DELAYS AND INCONVENIENCE TO THEMSELVES.

ENQUIRIES ON THE AMENDMENTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO MR S.Y. TUNG (TEL. NO. 5-450835), STATISTICIAN OF THE TRADE CLASSIFICATION SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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NEW FACILITIES FOR TRAINING OF MENTALLY RETARDED

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY OPENED A TRAINING CENTRE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED ADULTS FOR WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAD EARMARKED $8.1 MILLION FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND AS CAPITAL AND RECURRENT GRANTS.

THE LAI YIU ADULT TRAINING CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG IS THE SECOND OF ITS KIND RUN BY THE SOCIETY OF HOMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED. THE FIRST, HING WAH CENTRE, WAS OPENED IN MAY THIS YEAR IN CHAI WAN.

OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 1 820 SQUARE METRES IN LAI YIU ESTATE, THE CENTRE CAN ACCOMMODATE 100 TRAINEES AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 40

70 IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION AND 30 IN THE DAY CARE SECTION.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR ALLEYNE SAID THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN HAD SET AMBITIOUS TARGETS TO INCREASE SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED TO HELP INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY.

IN THE 1979 REVIEW OF THE PLAN, HE SAID, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT 790 DAY CARE PLACES AND 400 RESIDENTIAL PLACES WOULD BE PROVIDED BY 1984 FOR LOW MODERATE AND SEVERE GRADE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADULTS.

THE RESIDENTIAL AND DAY CARE PLACES PROVIDED IN THE NEW CENTRE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT PROVISION AND WILL MEET A GENUINE AND URGENT NEED, HE SAID.

HOWEVER, IR .....