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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1989

OFFICIATING AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN THE CHAIRMAN OF ACAN'S SUB-COMMITTEE ON PUBLICITY, MR PAO PING-WING: AND THE MR GARETHI MULLOY.

OF ACAN, DR GERALD CHOA: PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 251 AT THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF THE NEW WORLD CENTRE PLAZA IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

SPIRIT OF SELF-HELP FOSTERED

ANOTHER,

MANY OF

PHYSICAL CAN WHICH

SHARE

OR

BE

IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD, MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM

OR KIND MENTAL PROBLEMS OF ONE ALLEVIATED IF PEOPLE IN THE SAME SITUATION CAN GET TOGETHER AND THEIR FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCES, AND HELP EACH OTHER.

SAID THIS THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR T.H. CHAU,

AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE ZONTA ACHIEVEMENT ORGANISED BY THE ZONTA CLUB AT THE FURAMA HOTEL.

MR CHAU NOTED THAT THE THEME OF FOR 1989 WAS "SELF HELP, BEST HELP",

THE ZONTA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

OUTSTANDING OTHERS IN THE

"ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO SELECT A SELF-HELP GROUP WITH ACHIEVEMENT SO THAT IT WILL SERVE AS A GOOD MODEL FOR

HE SAID. INITIATION OF THE SELF-HELP SPIRIT,

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YEAR'S AWARD THE PARENTS OF

"THE VARIOUS SELF-HELP GROUPS NOMINATED FOR THIS WERE SET UP EITHER BY THOSE DIRECTLY CONCERNED OR BY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.

FLIGHT,

INDIVIDUALS "THEY COMPRISE WARM-HEARTED AND GENEROUS

THEIR OWN

HAVE GIVEN OF

THEIR TIME AND UNSELFISHLY TO HELP OTHERS SUFFERING FROM SIMILAR PROBLEMS."

SPITE

WHO, IN EFFORT

AND

MR CHAU SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THROUGH EXTENDING THEIR HELP

SELF-HELP FRIENDSHIP TO OTHERS IN NEED, INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF ALL THE

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OF SELF-CONFIDENCE AND GROUPS WOULD HAVE FOUND GRATIFICATION IN THEIR DAILY LIFE.

GREATER MEASURE

BOTH WIDER

AWARD AND THE HE HOPED THAT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF THIS

CLUB THIS YEAR, SERIES OF RELATED ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE THE SPIRIT AND THE REWARDS OF SELF-HELP WOULD BE GIVEN THE MUCH RECOGNITION IN THE COMMUNITY WHICH THEY DESERVED.

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