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MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1981

THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE EXHIBITION ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MISS MARION FANG, SAID THE AIM OF THE ONE-WEEK EXHIBITION WAS TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISABLED AND FACILITATE THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

+FOLLOWING THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION, ONE OF US WILL MOVE ON TO 11 LOCAL DISTRICTS WHERE IT WILL OPEN IN ROTATION UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR, SAID MISS FANG.

PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE YEAR STARTED MORE THAN A YEAR AGO FOLLOWING THE SETTING UP OF THE CCCIYDP, WHICH COMPRISED MEMBERS FROM BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

+RESPONSE FROM THE LOCAL PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL SECTOR TO HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE YEAR HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING. A NUMBER OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS HAS PLEDGED SPONSORSHIP TO THE CCC YDP FOR PROJECTS ORGANISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE YEAR, DR FANG SAID.

AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, MR LIU LIT-FOR OF THE LIU CHONG HING BANK LTD, PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $100 000, AND MR LEE MAN-BAN, REPRESENTING A GROUP OF 12 SPONSORS, PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $115 000 TO DR FANG.

GOVERNOR VISITS SWD AND MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME

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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME IN HO MAN TIN TO SEE THE SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE INMATES.

THE VISIT FOLLOWED A BRIEFING SESSION AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELFARE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED, THE YOUNG, THE OLD AND THE DISABLED.

AT THE MEETING WERE THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS.

THE $4 MILLION MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME, OPENED BY LADY MACLEHOSE IN 1978, PROVIDES INSTITUTIONAL CARE AND TRAINING TO REHABILITATE GIRLS PUT ON PROBATION OR REMAND, OR IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.

ACCOMPANIED BY MR ALLEYNE AND THE WEST KOWLOON REGIONAL OFFICER, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE HOME SEEING GIRLS UNDERGOING SCHOOL LESSONS AND HANDICRAFT TRAINING IN KNITTING, EMBROIDERY AND TOYMAKING.

THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES EMPHASIZE CHARACTER TRAINING THROUGH DISCIPLINED ROUTINES, POSITIVE GUIDANCE AND INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION.

/SIR MURRAY