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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1984

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PONY RIDES FOR PHAB YOUTHS

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A FUN DAY WHICH WILL INCLUDE PONY RIDES WILL BE HELD FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED CHILDREN TOMORROW (SUNDAY), AT THE POKFULAM RIDING SCHOOL.

IT IS BEING ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION.

TWENTY-FOUR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12, HALF FROM EACH GROUP, WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE FUN DAY.

THE EVENT IS PART OF A SERIES OF SUMMER RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES PUT TOGETHER SPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG+PHAB+ PEOPLE BY THE TWO ORGANISING GROUPS, AN RSS SPOKESMAN SAID.

LAST MAY, A COURSE IN SKIN AND SCUBA DIVING WAS HELD FOR THEM AND THIS WAS FOLLOWED IN JULY BY AN ELEMENTARY SWIMMING TRAINING COURSE FOR CELEBRAL PALSIED AND PHAB JUNIORS IN MID-JULY.

THE AIM OF THE ACTIVITIES IS TO HELP THEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOP THE IR INTERESTS IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

POPULAR HORTICULTURAL CLASSES OFFERED

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SHA TIN RESIDENTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN TWO HORTICULTURAL CLASSES TO BE HELD IN THE DISTRICT NEXT MONTH.

THE 90-MINUTE CLASSES ARE ORGANISED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PLANT PROPAGATION TO THE PUBLIC.

THE TWO COURSES ARE BEING HELD TO MEET DEMAND, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.

THIRTY PERSONS CAN BE ENROLLED IN EACH COURSE, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN EIGHT SESSIONS AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND ON SATURDAY MORNINGS STARTING ON AUGUST 11.

LECTURES WILL DEAL WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPOSTS, FERTILISERS, INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES AND HERBICIDES, LAWN MAINTENANCE, GROWING ENVIRONMENT OF PLANTS, APPLICATION OF PLANTING TOOLS, SIMPLE PROPAGATION, PRUNING, INDOOR PLANTS AND PEST AND DISEASE.

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