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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1983

THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE PIKEHILL VILLAGE SCHOOL MICH OFFERS SCHOOLING TO MODERATELY HEKTALLY. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AGED FROM SIX TO 16. IT HAS AN EKROLMENT OF 100 CHILDREN DIVIDED INTO 10 CLASSES.

THEY THEN VISITED THE NO. 2 8CHOOL WHICH ALSO PROVIDES MEEKLY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR SEVERELY HANDICAPPED. CHILDREN. THE SCHOOL, VNICH PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL, HAS A CAPACITY FOR 56 CHILDREN.

AFTER VISITING THE NO. 3 SCHOOL, WHICH PROVIDES COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AGED SIX TO 16, MR AND MRS MENDERSON TOURED THE ADVANCED TRAINING CENTRE WHICH HAS FOUR WORKSHOPS PROVIDING VOCATIONAL. TRAJNING FOR CHILDREN AGED 16 TO 20.

FIRST SVINNING POOL FOR THEN HUN RESIDENTS

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HKDOOR SVINNING FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS TUEN MUN AS FROM NEXT WEEK.

ON SUNDAY (MAY 29) THE FIRST PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL IN TUEN MON WILL BE OPENED BY THE CHIEF COMMANDER OF THE HONG KONG GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION, IRS JANE AKERS-JONES,

LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE NEW TOWN, THE CHAN MAN TAT STIRIING POOL IS NAMED AFTER THE FATHER OF MR CHAN YAT-SEN A FORMER HEUNG YEE KUK CHAIRMAN, WHO HAD DONATED $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE BUILDING COST.

THE FIVE-LANE, 25-METRE HEATED POOL HAS ROOM FOR 125 SWIMMERS, AND IT WILL BE OPENED DAILY FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM. ADM135ION FEES WILL. DE $2 FOR CHILDREN TO $5 FOR ADULTS.

THE POOL IS ONE OF MANY FACILITIES IN THE 4 300-SQUARE- SETRE VAN 01 TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE WHICH WILL DE READY IN NOVEMBER.

OTHER FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE CHILD CARE AND ELDERLY SERVICES CENTRES, READING ROOMS, A MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS HALL, A ROLLER-SKATING RIIK, SQUASH COURTS, A GYMNASIUM, .A. SAUNA. ROON, À BALLET STUDIO, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS.

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY ON SUNDAY, THERE WILL BE SWIMMING BEMONSTRATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG LIFE QUARD CLUB AND A SWIMMING RELAY RACE BETWEEN LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

PRIOR TO THE OPENING CEREMONY, A SERVICE VAN HAND I NG-OVER CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 2.30 PM AT THE YAU OF TOWN SQUARE IN. FRONT OF THE CENTRE,

THE VAN, DONATED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE USED BY THE CENTRE TO TRANSPORT ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM THE IN HOMES TO THE CENTRE.