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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1984

IN ADDITION, IT DEALS WITH POSTAL ENQUIRIES REGULARLY. LAST YEAR, 2 582 SUCH ENQUIRIES WERE RECEIVED, 17 PER CENT MORE THAN IN 1982.

SOME 60 PER CENT OF THE POSTAL ENQUIRIES, MOSTLY ABOUT VISA AND OTHER IMMIGRATION-RELATED ISSUES, CAME FROM OVERSEAS, NOTABLY CHINA, MACAU, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE UNITED STATES.

+THE WORKLOAD KEEPS OUR INFORMATION OFFICE VERY BUSY. BUT IT IS GRATIFYING THAT WE GET MANY MORE SATISFIED CUSTOMERS',+ MR WONG SAID.

TEN PIN BOWLING FOR DEAF YOUTHS ****

A GROUP OF DEAF YOUTHS ARE BEING INSTRUCTED ON THE GAME OF TEN PIN BOWLING AS PART OF A PILOT PROJECT TO BRING THE FUN OF SPORTS TO SUCH HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG RECREATION CLUB FOR THE DEAF, THE PROJECT EMPLOYS EXPERIENCED COACHES AND VISUAL AIDS, HELPED BY SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS, TO TEACH THE YOUTHS THE BASIC SKILLS OF TEN PIN BOWLING.

+THE OCCASIONAL DIFFICULTY OF INTERPRETING SOME OF THE BOWLING JARGON AND TECHNIQUES THROUGH SIGN LANGUAGE IS GENERALLY OFFSET BY THE KEENESS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN LEARNING THE GAME, MR JAMES HUEN, THE HEAD COACH SAID TODAY.

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THE IR ENTHUSIASM FOR THE GAME WAS VERY HEARTENING, HE SAID. THOSE TAKING THE COURSE WILL LATER ENGAGE IN A COMPETITION AMONG THEMSELVES, AND WILL HAVE TO PASS A WRITTEN TEST, AFTER WHICH THEY WILL BE GIVEN CERTIFICATES IN EARLY DECEMBER, MR HUEN SAID.

THE TRAINING IS BEING HELD AT THE BOWLING CENTRE OF TOP BOWL LIMITED, SPONSORS OF THE PROJECT.

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