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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1983

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THE DECISION TO APPROVE PLANS FOR THE ADDITIONAL THREE STOREYS WAS MADE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE PRACTICABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE FOR THE EXTRA FLOORS TO BE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE REST OF THE CENTRE BY THE SAME CONTRACTOR.

IF THE EXTENSION WERE TO BE CARRIED OUT AT A LATER DATE IT WOULD CAUSE DISRUPTIONS TO THE CENTRE'S OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES, HE ADDED.

+ON COMPLETION NEXT YEAR, THE MACLEHOSE MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE SERVICES TO DISABLED PEOPLE WHO REQUIRE INTENSIVE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION.

+IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A CLINICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AS WELL AS PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES FOR PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND OTHER PARAMEDICAL STAFF FROM THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE CENTRE WILL HAVE A

REHABUS DEPOT+ - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND WHICH WILL PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING OF THE SOCIETY'S BUSES FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.

IT WILL ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITH MANY UP-TO-DATE FACILITIES AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP DISABLED PEOPLE RECOVER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TO ENABLE THEM TO BE REINTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPED PUPILS *****

A TOTAL OF 10 SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDED TO OUTSTANDING HANDICAPPED STUDENTS DURING THE 1983/84 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS, EACH OF WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT $800, ARE DONATED BY THE SHELL COMPANY OF HONG KONG TO HANDICAPPED STUDENTS AS RECOGNITION OF THEIR PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE AWARD IS TO MAKE HANDICAPPED PUPILS REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND TO DEVELOP THE IR CAPABILITIES AND POTENTIALS SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE ITS RESPONSIBILITIES.

NOMINEES FOR THESE SCHOLARSHIPS SHOULD PREFERABLY BE OVER

11 YEARS OF AGE BY SEPTEMBER 1, 1983, HONG KONG CITIZENS WHO HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AND HANDICAPPED PUPILS IN SPECIAL OR ORDINARY SCHOOLS WHO HAVE COMPLETED ONE ACADEMIC YEAR IN THOSE SCHOOLS.

/IN RESPONSE

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