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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1981

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SWD DIRECTOR INSPECTS CHILDREN'S CLUB AND PHAB CENTRE

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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY INSPECTED THE SERVICES OF A CHILDREN'S CLUB IN ABERDEEN AND A RECREATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED IN POKFULAM,

ACCOMPANIED ON THE HALF-DAY VISIT BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MRS EVELYN DOE, MR ALLEYNE FIRST CALLED AT THE WONG CHUK HANG CHILDREN'S CLUB RUN BY THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION.

OCCUPYING AN AREA OF 376 SQUARE METRES IN WONG CHUK HANG ESTATE, THE CLUB PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE MEANINGFUL GROUP LIFE, FOSTER INTEREST AND DEVELOP PERSONAL POTENTIALS.

MR ALLEYNE WAS SHOWN AROUND THE CLUB BY THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, MR CHEUNG WING-YIN, AND GENERAL SECRETARY, MRS CHAN WONG SHUT AND SAW CHILDREN IN GROUP AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

HE ALSO TOURED THE LIBRARY AND STUDY ROOM ATTACHED TO THE CLUB WHICH HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP READING INTEREST.

THE DIRECTOR LATER VISITED THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION IN POKFULAM, WHICH ENABLES PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THEIR ABLE-BODIED COUNTERPARTS IN A VARIETY OF SPORTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, MR LI KWAN-HUNG, AND GENERAL SECRETARY, MR CHU HUNG-CHEUNG, MR ALLEYNE LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE WHICH INCLUDE A MULTI-PURPOSE HALL, DORMITORY, SWIMMING POOL, PLAY AREA, ARCHERY RANGE, OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURT AND DINING HALL.

THE CENTRE RUNS CAMPS AND SEMINARS, ARRANGES TALKS, AND ORGANISES PROMOTIONAL EVENTS TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATION AMONG PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED PERSONS.

GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC ADVISER APPOINTED ***

FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR GORDON BELL, HAS BEEN APPOINTED SCIENTIFIC ADVISER TO THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION.

THE COMMITTEE SAID THE APPOINTMENT OF A SCIENTIFIC ADVISER SHOULD BE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF INDUSTRY AND THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ITSELF. INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS AND MANUFACTURERS ON ISSUES INVOLVING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

MR BELL'S APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR BETWEEN SIX AND TWELVE MONTHS.

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