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SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1989

EFFORT MADE TO AROUSE AWARENESS OF NEEDS OF DIS BLED

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PUBLIC AWARENESS

TREMENDOUS EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT INTO AROUSING OF THE NEEDS OF THE DISABLED IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND

PIERS WELFARE UNITS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR

JACOBS, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CARNIVAL FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND ABLE-BODIED JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION AND JARDINE AMBASSADORS, MR JACOBS SAID HE DEEPLY APPRECIATED THE EFFORT AND COMMITMENT OF THESE TWO ORGANISATIONS.

*CARE AND SUPPORT THE HANDICAPPED'

IS A CONSTANTLY REPEATED

THEME IN HONG KONG NOWADAYS.

"I AM DELIGHTED THAT THE PHAB CARNIVAL TODAY HAS RESPONDED SO MAGNIFICENTLY, SPECIALLY DESIGNED GAME STALLS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES ARE THE HIGHLIGHT OF TODAY'S CARNIVAL.

"LET THE

HANDICAPPED

ABLE-BODIED, HE ADDED.

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SHARE THE JOY AND WORK OF

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MR JACOBS ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE TWO ORGANISERS WHICH ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY.

CLOSE CO-OPERATION AMONG DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS ESSENTIAL

DISTRICT BOARDS, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' CORPORATIONS ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER IN THE STRUCTURE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND SHOULD CO-OPERATE CLOSELY FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SCHEME.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, WHEN ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF A DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD

TODAY (SUNDAY).

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MR LAN SAID THE AIM OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WAS TO ENSURE BETTER CO-ORDINATED AND RESPONSIVE APPROACH TOWARDS DISTRICT PROBLEMS AND NEEDS, AND TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO TAKE PART IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS.

"DISTRICT BOARDS HAVE BEEN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE SAID.

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"THEY HAVE OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS MOST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT CONSULTATIVE BODY ADVISING GOVERNMENT ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE WELL-BEING OF LOCAL RESIDENTS.

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