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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1987

GOVERNOR OPENS REHABILITATION ENGINEERING CENTRE

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THE REHABILITATION ENGINEERING CENTRE OF THE HONG KONG

AGENCIES POLYTECHNIC WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER

AND PROFESSIONALS GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID

IN THE REHABILITATION FIELD, THE

TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF

CENTRE, SIR DAVID SAID THE THAT ITS PRODUCTS WERE CENTRE WOULD DO SO TO ENSURE

SUITABLE FOR LIXIAL CONDITIONS AND THAT THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY WERE USED TO MAXIMUM POSSIBLE EXTENT TO ASSIST THE PROCESS OF REHABILITATION.

THE

BE "IN SOME CASES STANDARD PRODUCTS TO ASSIST THE DISABLED MAY

THE

THAT CASE

CUSTOM MADE WIDELY AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS QUITE OFTEN

HE SAID. ALDS AND DEVICES ARE NEEDED TO MEET INDIVIDUAL RQUIREMENTS,

OF IDEA

THIS "IT WAS TO MEET

PARTICULAR NEED THAT THE REHABILITATION ENGINEERING CENTRE WAS DEVELOPED, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID IT WAS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THE LOCATED IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,

A

CENTRE WAS

AS "FOR SOME YEARS, VOLUNTARY REHABILITATION AGENCIES, AS WELL

FOR HELP INDIVIDUAL DISABLED PEOPLE, HAVE APPROACHED THE POLYTECHNIC

AND REPAIR IN THE MANUFACTURE, DESIGN

OF REHABILITATION AIDS AND

DEVICES.

THE

WITH

IT'S PARAMEDICAL THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGING

"THEY KNOW THAT THE POLYTECHNIC,

HAS

NECESSARY DEPARTMENTS,

AND EXPERTISE, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES, TO TAKE ON THIS VERY WORK, HE SAID.

·

OF THE

SIR DAVID SAID A GREAT DEAL

CREDIT FOR THIS CENTRE UP SHOULD GO TO DR HARRY FANG, WHO INITIATED THE IDEA AND FOLLOWED IT DILIGENTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY VOLUNTARY SECTOR, AND THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,

CLUB, THE

FANG

HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE

THIS

HIS

OUTSTANDING SERVICES IN

CONTRIBUTION

HONG

TO

ΤΟ OPPORTUNITY

DEVELOPMENT THE

THANK

RONG

AS

DR OF THE

FOR REHABILITATION REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE SINCE ITS

OF CHAIRMAN

FORMATION

IN 1977.

"ALSO TO ASSURE HIM,

AND ALL OF

OF YOU,

THE GOVERNMENT'S DISABLED IN

CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE WELL BEING OF THE OUR COMMUNITY, HE STRESSED.

CLUB ALSO DESERVED SIR DAVID SAID THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY MUCH CREDIT FOR ITS DONATION OF $41.9 MILLION TO THE CENTRE.

ROLE

"THIS ILLUSTRATES ONCE AGAIN THE CONTINUING AND IMPORTANT THAT THE CLUB PLAYS IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

TERM

+

REHABILITATION

ENGINEERING'

THE AS TO THE MEANING OF

A COMPARATIVELY RECENT TERM NIR DAVID SAID HE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS

THE NEEDS OF USED TO DESCRIBE THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO MEET DISABLED PEOPLE DURING THEIR REHABILITATION PROCESS.

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