SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1986
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, THEN DROVE TO THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTRE, WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR MARK HEATH, INTRODUCED HER TO CENTRE OFFICIALS. THESE WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SUPERVISOR, MR ALBERT S.B. LI; THE CENTRE PRINCIPAL, MISS MARION FANG, AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
DR RAYMOND HO, MR C.K. LAM, DR S.F. LAM, AND MR T.Y. TSAU.
THE PRINCESS WAS BRIEFED ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRE AND THEN TOURED PART OF THE CENTRE SCHOOL WITH MISS FANG. SHE SPOKE TO VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AND WATCHED CHILDREN TAKING PART IN ACTIVITIES.
AT THE END OF HER TOUR, THE PRINCESS SIGNED THE VISITOR'S BOOK AND A HANDICAPPED CHILD PRESENTED A SMALL HANDICRAFT ITEM TO HER.
ABOUT 40 MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS LATER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, AND SPEAK TO HER INFORMALLY AT THE BUFFET LUNCHEON HELD AT VICTORIA HOUSE. THE MEMBERS REPRESENTED ALL ASPECTS OF RED CROSS ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
THE LUNCHEON WAS GIVEN IN THE PRINCESS'S HONOUR BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND LADY AKERS-JONES.
DISABLED COULD EXCEL IN ART TOO *****
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS WITH THE DISABLED WOULD HOPEFULLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE DISABLED COULD ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO ART.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A MURAL PAINTING PROJECT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FESTIVAL, SHE SAID THE EVENT WOULD MAKE THE PUBLIC REALISE THAT, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, THE DISABLED AND THE ABLE-BODIED COULD EXCEL IN ART.
+AT PRESENT SOME PEOPLE STILL DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE DISABLED OR VIEW THEM WITH PITY.
+SUCH INAPPROPRIATE ATTITUDES DIRECTLY UNDERMINE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE DISABLED IN THEIR WORK, CAUSING THEM TO SHY AWAY FROM COMMUNITY LIFE AND THUS WASTING THEIR TALENTS,+ MRS CHAN SAID.
SHE SAID SHE HOPED THAT THE FESTIVAL OF ARTS WITH THE DISABLED COULD REMEDY THIS SITUATION BY PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND CONCERN FOR THE DISABLED, AND STRENGTHENING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING,
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