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SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1986

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REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN GETS UNDERWAY

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THE GOVERNMENT'S REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN FOR THE DISABLED THIS YEAR WILL BEGIN WITH AN OUTDOOR PROGRAMME AT THE URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDEN, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE PROGRAMME, RUNNING FROM 2.30 PM TO 5 PM, WILL INCLUDE A MASS DRAWING EXERCISE FOR THE PEN-FRIEND+ OPERATION HELD IN CONNECTION WITH EXPO '86, INVOLVING 400 ABLE-BODIED AND DISABLED CHILDREN, SOME WINNING ENTRIES IN THE RECENT +DRAW A CARD FOR EXPO '86+ COMPETITION FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL BE DISPLAYED AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A CONCERT.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MISS MARIA TAM, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR CLIVE OXLEY, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PUBLICITY) OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR GEORGE YUEN, AND THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR REHABILITATION, MR ALDAN KWOK, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY,

THE PROGRAMME AIMS AT PROMOTING INTEGRATION BETWEEN ABLE-BODIED AND DISABLED PERSONS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE REHABILITATION CAMPAIGN EVENT AT TSIM SHA TSUI EAST, URBAN COUNCIL CENTENARY GARDEN, TOMORROW. PRESS REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE VENUE AT 2.15 PM. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN AUSTRALIA

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TWO MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WERE DUE TO LEAVE TONIGHT (SATURDAY) ON A THREE-WEEK INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MISSION TO AUSTRALIA.

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, MR C.L. CHU, AND MR TOMMY LAI, A CONSULTANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S ONE STOP UNIT, WILL VÍSIT SYDNEY, NEWCASTLE AND BRISBANE.

DURING THE IR STAY THERE, MR CHU AND MR LAI WILL TOUR PRESELECTED COMPANIES IN THE LIGHT AND MEDIUM HEAVY ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES, IN THE FIELDS OF CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS, METAL PRODUCTS, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, MACHINERY, FOOD PROCESSING, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND LIGHT TO MEDIUM ENGINEERING PRODUCTS.

/THEY WILL