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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1988

CS PRAISES SPIRIT OF DISABLED ATHLETES

OFFICIATED SPORTSMEN WHO WILL

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (SUNDAY)

KONG AT THE FLAG PRESENTATION CEREMONY FOR HONG TAKE PART IN THE 1988 SEOUL PARALYMPIC.

PEOPLE IN SPORT SIR DAVID SAID THE PARTICIPATION OF DISABLED

EPITOMISED THE GENERALLY, AND IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT IN PARTICULAR,

THE SPIRIT IN THE MOTTO OF

HONG KONG SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED: "IT'S ABILITY, NOT DISABILITY, THAT COUNTS."

HONG KONG TEAM AND

THEIR

THE "THE HARD WORK OF RESULTS IN WINNING 17 MEDALS IN THE 1984 PARALYMPIC ARE FINE OF THAT SPIRIT IN ACTION, SIR DAVID NOTED.

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EXCELLENT EXAMPLES

HONG KONG'S

THEIR EFFORTS IN HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR

OF ALL THE ARRANGING TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THE SPORTSMEN AND THAT SPONSORS FOR

SPORTS IN INTERNATIONAL

EVENTS.

PARTICIPATION

+

FAREWELL PARADE FOR AMS COMMISSIONER

* * * *

MORE THAN 2,500 OFFICERS OF THE AUXILIARY (AMS) THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING ATTENDED THE COMMISSIONER PARADE

BID

ΤΟ FAREWELL VICTORIA PARK AND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO THONG, THEIR OUT-GOING COMMISSIONER.

MEDICAL SERVICES HELD AT

DR

K.L.

THE AMS HAS BEEN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR THONG SINCE WHO IS RETIRING AFTER 12 YEARS IN OFFICE.

1977

MEMBERSHIP OF

FORMED IN 1950, THE AMS HAS GROWN FROM A MEAGRE 2,000 INTO A VERY LARGE FORCE WITH OVER 6,000 MEMBERS.

THE

DR THONG RECALLED THAT AT IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE PARADE, BEGINNING THE AMS COULD JUST PROVIDE FIRST AID SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, SERVICES ARE GREATLY EXTENDED COVERING THE METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMME, LIFE SAVING SERVICE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE IN COUNTRY PARKS.

BUT

TODAY

THE

BOAT

FOR

CENTRES

"IN SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE, OUR MEMBERS ARE ALSO DEPLOYED TO WORK IN DETENTION AND RECEPTION CENTRES TO PROVIDE ROUND-THE-CLOCK MEDICAL COVERAGE THE BOAT PEOPLE, HE SAID.

/THE COMMISSIONER