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TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1990

MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED

SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF THE

PROMOTE

THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPEND OVER $2 MILLION THIS YEAR TO

DISABLED, MEMBERS OF THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE (RDCC) LEARNED TODAY (TUESDAY).

BEEN

REHABILITATION, SPEAKING AT THE RDCC MEETING, COMMISSIONER FOR MR ALAN WONG POINTED OUT THAT REHABILITATION OF THE DISABLED HAD ACCORDED MAJOR CAMPAIGN STATUS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

HE SAID THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WOULD BE

SPECIAL WITH THE INTEGRATION OF MENTAL PATIENTS.

THE PROMOTION

DISABLED

EMPHASIS

ON

OF SOCIAL DISCHARGED

THE PROMOTION

OF

USE

OF

THE PRE-SCHOOL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES

THE WIDER AND THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES REHABILITATION DISABLED WOULD BE THE SECONDARY THEMES, HE ADDED.

AGENCIES, A TOTAL OF AND WELFARE BRANCH A SERIES OF PUBLICITY THE DISABLED CAMPAIGN’

MR WONG SAID: "TOGETHER WITH VOLUNTARY SIX GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE HEALTH

ORGANISE AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL ACTIVITIES WHICH ENTITLED 'REHABILITATION OF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND

IN OUTLINING THE PROGRAMMES, MR WONG SAID THAT EXHIBITIONS

OF MENTAL PROMOTE

UNDERSTANDING BETTER SEMINARS WOULD BE HELD TO ILLNESS AND PROBLEMS FACED BY THE MENTAL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

RDCC MEMBERS WERE INFORMED THAT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WOULD BE IN THE SECOND PART OF THE YEAR.

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CEREMONY

WILL BE

IN

WITH EMPLOYEES

A

OF SOUVENIRS PRESENTATION SEPTEMBER TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO OUTSTANDING EMPLOYERS

AND TO DISABLED DISABLED EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE.

JOINTLY

CAMPAIGN

IN ON

HELD TAKING COMMENDABLE

BY PRODUCED

GOVERNMENT

ΤΟ PROMOTE THE

"A MUSICAL PROGRAMME, DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WILL BE ORGANISED MUSICAL TALENTS OF THE DISABLED IN HONG KONG," HE CONTINUED.

SCALE VIDEOS,

BE A

OF MINOR SERIES MR WONG ADDED THAT THERE WOULD ACTIVITIES IN DISTRICT LEVEL. THEY INCLUDED THE PRODUCTION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO APIS, POSTERS AND LEAFLETS, OPEN DAYS AS WELL GAMES DAY.

AS

LAST

RDCC MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED THAT THE PUBLICITY EFFORTS MADE

THE VIEW THAT COMMUNITY SHARED AND MEMBERS SUCCESS, YEAR WAS A

INTEGRAL PART OF UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE DISABLED AS AN THE COMMUNITY HAD GENERALLY IMPROVED.

/PUBLIC AWARENESS