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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1981

AT TAI-O IN THE AFTERNOON, 12 TEAMS WILL RACE ALONG THE NARROW RIVER,

THE FINAL EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT CHEUNG CHAU WHERE SIX TEAMS COMPRISING MEMBERS OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE AND LOCAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION WILL COMPETE.

THE DISTRICT OFFICER ISLANDS, MR ANDREW FOK, WILL ATTEND THE RACES AT MUI WO, PUI 0, TAI-0 ́AND LAMMA, WHILE THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MIKE ROWSE, WILL BE AT CHEUNG CHAU.

THE RACES ARE BEING FINANCED BY ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL DONATIONS.

VAR IETY SHOW FUN FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN TSUEN WAN

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SOME 400 DISABLED CHILDREN ENJOYED A FUN-PACKED MORNING AT THE KWAI CHUNG OSMAN RAMJU SADICK MEMORIAL GAMES HALL TODAY (FRIDAY).

THEY CAME FROM FIVE SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN TSUEN WAN, NAMELY TING HSIUNG CHAO SCHOOL, PUI 01 SPECIAL TRAINING CENTRE, KWAI FONG MORNINGLIGHT SCHOOL, SAM SHUI NATIVE ASSOCIATION LAU PUN CHEUNG SCHOOL AND THE SALVATION ARMY LAI KING SCHOOL.

A VARIETY SHOW WAS ORGANISED FOR THEM BY THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF DISABLED PERSONS,

+THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING THE FUNCTION IS TO MAKE DISABLED CHILDREN FEEL THEY ARE LOVED AND CARED FOR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CYC SECRETARIAT SAID.

THE CHILDREN WATCHED PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS OF OTHER PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND TOOK PART IN PROGRAMMES SUCH AS SINGING, FOLK DANCE, BAND MUSIC AND A TALENT SHOW.

AS THE EVENT WAS HELD ON THE EVE OF THE DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL, THEY WERE ALSO GIVEN RICE DUMPLINGS AS PRESENTS.

THE CHILDREN WERE WELL LOOKED AFTER BY 160 MEMBERS OF THE CYC.

IN ASSISTING THE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, THE CYC MEMBERS GAINED SOME VALUABLE EXPERIENCE THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE OF HELP TO THE IR FUTURE CAREERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

MR TING FUK-CHEUNG, DISTRICT OFFICER, KWAI CHUNG ADDRESSED THE GATHER ING.

SOUVENIRS WERE PRESENTED TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS BY MR NG KOON-CHI, ACTING SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER.