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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1989

"WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT

TO

MINISTERS OF THE COUNTRIES WERE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME OF THEIR VALUABLE TIME AND LISTEN ATTENTIVELY OUR CASE,' MRS TAM SAID.

"

DURING

THEIR

VISIT,

MINISTER OF SINGAPORE. MR

STATE FOR

FOREIGN

AND

LEE COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN

MEMBERS

HAD

MEETINGS

WITH

THE KUAN YEW:

AFFAIRS,

AFFAIRS

AND

THE PRIME BRITISH

OF SECRETARY MR JOHN MAJOR: THE

MR TRADE,

GARETH AFFAIRS, MR JOE

OF FOREIGN

RUSSELL EXTERNAL

EVANS; THE CANADIAN SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL

AFFAIRS. MR CLARK: THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTER MARSHALL; AND THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN THE INDIAN MINISTRY OF AFFAIRS. MR JAYANT PRASAD.

OPPORTUNITY

KNOWLEDGE OF HONG "WE ARE IMPRESSED BY THE UNDERSTANDING AND

THAT KONG THAT MINISTERS SHOWED DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS AND WE BELIEVE THIS KIND OF INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT FOR ENCOURAGING AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AN EVEN GREATER

MRS TAM SAID. MORE POSITIVE INTEREST IN HONG KONG,

AND

THE OMELCO GROUP WILL

RETURN ΤΟ HONG KONG THIS (SATURDAY)

MORNING.

INTEGRATION OF DISABLED A JOINT EFFORT

THE DISABLED

THE

THE SUCCESS OF INTEGRATING

INTO THE COMMUNITY HINGES ON THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DISABLED, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND

OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MRS COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE DIRECTOR

ELIZABETH

WONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE ADDRESSING

CONFERENCE ON "INTEGRATION HANDICAPS IN HONG KONG" AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC. THE THREE GROUPS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

WITH OF PEOPLE

MRS WONG SAID

"NONE OF US CAN FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY IN ISOLATION.

SHE SAID.

AND THE

"DISABLED PERSONS AND THEIR PARENTS, THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS

ΤΟ ABILITY THEIR

PLAY A PART IN SKILLS, SHOULD DEMONSTRATE COMMUNITY.

M

GOVERNMENT, DISABLED OPPORTUNITIES

MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE VOLUNTARY AND PRIVATE SECTORS SHOULD GIVE THE TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL.

OPEN-MIND AND A WARM FELLOW CITIZENS IN THEIR

"THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SHOULD KEEP AN HEART TO ACCEPT PERSONS WITH HANDICAPS AS OWN RIGHT.

"IT IS ONLY THROUGH CO-OPERATION THAT WE, THE THE DISABLED. CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN A MEANINGFUL LIFE.

ABLE-BODIED AND

/"THIS IS