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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1988

CHINESE VICE MINISTER CALLS ON GOVERNOR * * * * *

THE VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE OF CHINA, MR QIAN QICHEN, PAID A COURTESY CALL ON (THURSDAY) MORNING.

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC THE GOVERNOR THIS

MR QIAN IS PASSING THROUGH HONG KONG ON HIS WAY BACK TO AFTER A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

PEKING

DISABLED PEOPLE CAN BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING: LADY WILSON

WHEN

SEVERELY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE CAN BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING BACKED BY THE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, LADY WILSON, SAID THIS WHEN SHE OPENED THE KAI YIP WORKSHOP OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF HANDICAPPED YOUTH TODAY (THURSDAY).

FEDERATION IN HER SPEECH, LADY WILSON NOTED THAT THE

HAD RUN UNDER ITS UMBRELLA SELF-SUPPORTING PROJECTS INCLUDING THE ANNE HOSTEL FOR SINGLE HANDICAPPED YOUTHS, A WATCH FACTORY IN LAM TIN, A BRADBURY BATHING SHED AND A DISABLED DRIVERS' SCHOOL.

"THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS, FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES, AND CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS.

IMPETUS FOR

"THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SUBVENTED THE OFFICE AND SOCIAL CENTRE IN 1978 AT LAM TIN ESTATE, AND THIS TOO GAVE MUCH EXPANSION, SHE SAID.

ONE

NOTING THAT THE NEWLY OPENED KAI YIP WORKSHOP REPLACED THE IN LAM TIN WHICH HAD PROVIDED A LIVING WAGE FOR MORE THAN 100 SEVERELY

LADY DISABLED YOUNG ADULTS SINCE IT WAS OPENED IN 1980,

WILSON SAID VAN BY THE MASONIC THE GENEROUS DONATION OF A SPECIALLY ADAPTED

PROBLEM OF TRANSPORTING WORKERS BENEVOLENCE FUND HAD SOLVED THE LIVING IN LAM TIN ESTATE TO THEIR NEW WORKING PLACE,

CHARTER

WHICH

SAID WITH

WAS

INTERNATIONAL QUOTING THE REHABILITATION "EMPLOYMENT IS CENTRAL TO THE DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF PEOPLE DISABILITIES" LADY WILSON POINTED OUT THAT THE KAI YIP WORKSHOP HELPING WITH THIS AIM AND SHE HOPED THAT OTHERS WOULD FOLLOW.