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SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1981

CAS OFFICERS FOR AUSTRALIAN COURSES

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FOUR SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES MR FUNG KWOK-HIM, SENIOR TRAINING OFFICER AND ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMANDER- MR WOO MAN-KONG, DEPUTY CADET COMMANDANT MR TSE KWOK-FU, ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMANDER AND MR LEE SHU-WING, COMMANDER, MOUNTAIN RESCUE WILL LEAVE ON MONDAY EVENING (MAY 25) FOR AUSTRALIA TO ATTEND ADVANCED DISASTER CONTROL AND PLANNING COURSES AT THE AUSTRALIAN COUNTER DISASTER COLLEGE IN MT. MACEDON, VICTORIA.

THE OFFICERS WILL ALSO VISIT STATE EMERGENCY SERVICES ORGANISATIONS IN MELBOURNE, SYDNEY AND CANBERRA TO SEE HOW THE EMERGENCY CONTROL SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKS ON THE GROUND IN AUSTRALIA. THE GROUP WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON JUNE 17.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE OFFICERS WILL ARRIVE AT THE AIRPORT AT 6 PM AND DEPART BY QF028 AT 7.45 PM ON MONDAY (MAY 25).

MR CHIU WINS BATTLE AGAINST POLIO WITH HELP OF SWD

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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, POL 10-STRICKEN CHIU YAU-SHUN FIRST WENT TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE, AND EVER SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN HELPED ALONG THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF WELFARE SERVICES.

TODAY (SUNDAY) THE DEPARTMENT SHARES HIS JOY AS MR CHIU, NOW AGED 30 AND MARRIED WITH TWO DAUGHTERS, IS HAPPILY SETTLING DOWN IN HIS NEW HOME AT YAU OI ESTATE, TUEN MUN.

IN A TYPICAL WAY, HIS LONG-TERM CASE TELLS OF THE CONCERTED FOLLOW-UP EFFORTS THE DEPARTMENT MAKES FOR ITS CLIENTS FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED HELP.

MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, IT SERVES AS AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF HOW DISABLED PEOPLE, WITH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION, CAN OVERCOME DISABILITY AND BE RE INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY.

MR CHIU WAS PARALYSED IN THE LEGS BY POLIO IN INFANCY.

HE IMPROVED AFTER OPERATIONS AND PHYSIO-THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT

AND DURING THIS TIME, HE COMPLETED FORM 3.

AT THE AGE OF 15, HE WAS SENT BY HIS FAMILY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE AND WAS PLACED AT THE ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST DISABLED PERSONS TO USE THE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT SET UP IN 1967 TO HELP FIND JOBS FOR THE HANDICAPPED.

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IN 1973, HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BENEFIT FROM THE DISABILITY ALLOWANCE INTRODUCED FOR THE DISABLED TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS.