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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1983

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SCHOOL FOR SPASTICS GETS $100 000 BOOST

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THE TING HSIUNG CHAO SCHOOL OF THE HONG KONG SPASTICS ASSOCIATION RECEIVED A BIG BOOST TO ITS EXPANSION PROGRAMME TODAY

THURSDAY) WHEN SEVEN LOCAL DIGNITARIES IN TSUEN WAN DONATED A TOTAL OF $100 000 TOWARDS THE PROJECT.

ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL. THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT COMMISSIONER MR ADOLF HSU, ACCEPTED CHEQUES FROM THE DONORS - MR CHOW KWAN-SING, AR RÚT TIM, KR CHÂN CHỐNG MO, MÀ CHONG TAY MOW, MR LÀM KIN-MING, MR CHAU HAU-CHEONG AND MR CHOU HAU-CHEN.

MR HSU SAID HE HOPED THE DONATIONS WOULD PROMPT OTHER CIVIC- MINDED CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE TO WORTHWHILE COMMUNITY SERVICES SO THAT MORE ATTENTION WOULD BE PAID TO THE NEEDY.

+ IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED, SPECIAL FACILITIES AND TECHNIQUES ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE IR LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE AND TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIALS,+ HE SAID.

HE NOTED THAT EVER SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1963, THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION HAD SPARED NO EFFORT IN PROVIDING WELFARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES FOR THE HANDICAPPED.

+APART FROM LOOKING AFTER THESE PEOPLE, IT ALSO, THROUGH VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES, STRENGTHENS THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND ENCOURAGES THEM TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

+THE TING HSIUNG CHAO SCHOOL WAS SET UP IN 1975 AND HAS BECOME A WELL-ESTABLISHED ORGANISATION TODAY.

+THE SCHOOL FACILITIES WILL BE FURTHER IMPROVED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF ITS EXPANSION PROGRAMME WHICH INCLUDES A WOODWORK ROOM, LABORATORY, LIBRARY, EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL HALL, A LIFT AND A RAIN SHELTER AT THE GARDEN, HE SAID.

MR HSU SAID THE GENEROUS GIFT FROM THE SEVEN DONORS WOULD ENABLE MORE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN TO ENJOY THE SERVICES THEY NEEDED.

+THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT THEY HAVE SHOWN IS INVALUABLE FOR

THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

+1 HEREBY CALL UPON THE RESIDENTS IN TSUEN WAN TO FOLLOW THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF THESE SEVEN DONORS AND CARRY FORWARD THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT, HE ADDED.

AFTER RECEIVING THE CHEQUES FROM THE DONORS, MR HSU IMMEDIATELY PRESENTED THEM TO THE SCHOOL'S SUPERVISOR, MRS K.Y. FU.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CHEQUE PRESENTATION WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER (KWAI CHUNG), MR FRED TING, AND OFFICIALS FROM THE SPASTICS OFFICER (KWAI CHUNGING ASSOCIATION AND THE TING HSIUNG CHÃO SCHOOL.

THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY RUNS THREE SCHOOLS, TWO CHILDREN CENTRES, TWO WORKSHOPS AND ONE RECREATION CENTRE, AND PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.