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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1990

ON THE FACILITIES IN COUNTRY PARKS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, DR LEE POINTED OUT THAT IN COUNTRY PARKS IN SAI KUNG, PLOVER COVE, CLEAR WATER BAY AND ABERDEEN, THERE WERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED BARBECUE PITCHES AND WHEELCHAIR TRAILS.

TRAIL AND A

AND IN ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK, THERE WAS A NATURE FITNESS TRAIL FOR BOTH THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND THE ABLE-BODIED.

BESIDES, MOST OF THE TOILETS IN THE COUNTRY SUITABLY EQUIPPED FOR THE HANDICAPPED, HE SAID.

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PARKS WERE

DR LEE SAID: "THE COUNTRY PARKS ARE SET UP TO SERVE THE WHOLE POPULATION OF HONG KONG MAN OR WOMAN, OLD OR YOUNG, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR ABLE-BODIED WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE SCENIC COUNTRYSIDE.

"WE HAVE TRIED OUR BEST то OVERCOME THE NATURAL BARRIERS

OF DESPITE THE HILLY AND RUGGED TERRAIN IN MOST

THE COUNTRYSIDE IN SPECIALLY HONG KONG. FOR THIS PURPOSE, WE HAVE INSTALLED A SERIES OF

OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO DESIGNED FACILITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS

THAT

THEY WILL ALL

TO ENJOY A DAY OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, HE ADDED.

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HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY

KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION FOR ITS "INTEGRATION

THE PHYSICALLY

AS

OF WELL AS ITS

CONTRIBUTIONS

DR LEE COMMENDED THE HONG EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE CONCEPT OF HANDICAPPED AND THE ABLE-BODIED" VARIOUS KINDS OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.

то

SPECIAL

THE PHAB WALK '90 IS ORGANISED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND THE ABLE-BODIED THROUGH WALKATHON ACTIVITIES. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ALONG THE WHOLE ROUTE WHICH IS KILOMETRES.

ABOUT 1.6

ALSO PRESENT AT

TODAY'S FUNCTION

ASSOCIATION'S HONORARY PRESIDENT, MR LI KWAN-HUNG, LI AND VICE-CHAIRMAN DR DICKEN YUNG,

WERE THE HONG KONG CHAIRMAN MR

PHAB ERIC

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ED HAS VITAL ROLE FOR WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, APART FROM PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR THE HONG KONG YOUTH, HAS A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING A STEADY SUPPLY OF WELL-TRAINED WORKFORCE IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS то PRODUCE SERVICES THAT WILL MEET WORLD-CLASS STANDARDS.

THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING FOR TRAINERS FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

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