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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1981

THE CENTRE IS A RESIDENTIAL-CUM-DAY SCHOOL FOR SEVERELY DISABLED CHILDREN, WITH ITS RESIDENTIAL SECTION SUBVENTED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOL SECTION BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE EXTENSION PROJECT, HE SAID, HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS IT WAS IN LINE WITH THE 1979 REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN REVIEW.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE $3.5 MILLION GRANT FOR THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION WAS TO MEET PART OF THE CAPITAL COST FOR A $10 MILLION SIX-STOREY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN GASCOIGNE ROAD.

THE ASSOCIATION HAS SECURED A PLEDGED CONTRIBUTION OF $3.5 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, AND THE BALANCE WILL EE RAISED BY THE ASSOCIATION ITSELF.

ON COMPLETION, THE NEW HEADQUARTERS WILL RELEASE AND RESTORE THE PRESENT HEAD OFFICE AT WONGNE ICHONG GAP ROAD TO ITS ORIGINAL USE AS A TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES CENTRE.

APART FROM BEING AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS, THE NEW OFFICE WILL ALSO BE USED AS A TRAINING CENTRE WITH DORMITORY FACILITIES FOR OVERSEAS MEMBERS AND FOR GUIDES FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.

ART WORK BY STUDENTS WIN AWARDS IN JAPAN

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AN EXHIBITION OF PUPILS' CREATIVE WORK WILL BE HELD IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE IN NORTH POINT FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO FEBRUARY 14.

DURING THE EXHIBITION, 20 LOCAL STUDENTS WHOSE WORK HAVE WON AWARDS IN A HONG KONG-JAPAN CHILDREN ART EXCHANGE PROGRAMME WILL RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES. THE PROGRAMME WAS CO-ORDINATED BY THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.

MISS KAZUKO INO, CONSUL, JAPANESE INFORMATION AND CULTURAL OFFICE, CONSULATE GENERAL OF JAPAN IN HONG KONG MR JOHN PAIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION AND MRS J.. GILLARD, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (CULTURAL CRAFTS) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 3 PM TOMORROW AT THE CENTRE.

THE WINNING ENTRIES OF THE LOCAL CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER 20 WINNING ENTRIES BY JAPANESE CHILDREN WILL BE SHOWN IN A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE EXHIBITION.

SELECTED ART WORK BY FORM/MIDDLE 5 STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED AT THE EXHIBITION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE SAID,

+THIS PART OF THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION IN ART, HE SAID.

ALSO ON SHOW WILL BE CREATIVE WORK INCLUDING PAINTING, NEEDLEWORK AND OTHER CRAFTS BY PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS.

/WINNING