XN000022-1981-01-06 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1981

APART FROM THESE RADIO TALKS, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PLANNING A MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.

THE AIM IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON MENTAL HEALTH, DISABILITIES RELATED TO MENTAL DISEASES AND THEIR PREVENTION.

SWD DIRECTOR CONTINUES TOUR OF WELFARE SERVICES

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY WENT ON A HALF-DAY INSPECTION TOUR OF WELFARE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICTS.

ACCOMPANIED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MRS EVELYN DOE, HE VISITED A DAY NURSERY AND A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY RUN BY THE WESTERN DISTRICT WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB IN BRIDGES STREET.

HE WAS MET AND BRIEFED ON THE OPERATIONS BY THE CLUB CHAIRMAN, MRS KHO CHIU BI-KE, AND THE PRESIDENT, MRS SIU TSANG FUNG-KWAN.

THE NURSERY TAKES CARE OF 170 CHILDREN AGED TWO TO SIX YEARS, WHILE THE CENTRE PROVIDES LEISURE FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN IN WESTERN DISTRICT.

MR ALLEYNE LATER CALLED AT THE HONG KONG JUVENILE CARE CENTRE AT LOWER ALBERT ROAD, A SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR 70 SOCIALLY DEPRIVED BOYS AGED EIGHT TO 14 YEARS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE CENTRE'S CHAIRMAN, MR WOO WING-FAI, HE INSPECTED THE FACILITIES, LOOKING AT ITS DORMITORY, CLASSROOMS, LIBRARY, PLAYGROUND, ROOFTOP GARDEN AND KITCHEN.

THE CENTRE PROVIDES PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, PHYSICAL AND PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

GET TO KNOW THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY

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A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND EXHIBITIONS ON SYNTHETIC POLYMERS WILL BE HELD THIS MONTH AT THE SCIENCE TEACHING CENTRE IN NORTH POINT FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS.

THE AIM IS TO INTRODUCE THE TEACHERS TO THE DIFFERENT MOULDING METHODS USED IN THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY, THE RAW MATERIALS USED IN PRODUCING COMMON PLASTIC ARTICLES, AND THE RELEVANT POLYMER CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS RECOMMENDED IN THE NEW CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS FOR FORMS 4 AND 5.

A LOOPFILM SHOW HIGHLIGHTING THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED.

/PARTICIPATING