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SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1991

LADY WILSON PRAISES ABILYMPICS

ABILYMPICS

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THE

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WERB

ABILITIES

FOR PEOPLE

WITH

OLYMPICS OF DISABILITIES

COMPETITIONS INTENDED TO INCREASK PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ABILITIES OF DISABLED PEOPLE, LADY WILSON SAID THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.

SPEAKING AT THE THIRD HONG KONG ABILYMPICS PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY, SHE SAID: "THEY ALSO TEACH THE DISABLED A GOOD DEAL ABOUT THEMSELVES, BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO REACH BEYOND WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY LAW AS THEIR LIMITS AND BY INSPIRING THEM TO EXPLORE THE FULL EXTENT

F THEIR PHYSICAL ABILITIES."

IN DOING So, LADY WILSON SAID, THEY SERVED TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY JUST HOW MUCH DISABLED PEOPLE COULD DO.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE MOTTO FOR THE THIRD HONG KONG ABILYMPICS: 'EQUALITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION' WAS WELL CHOSEN.

FOR THE PAST WEEKS, SHE SAID, A VARIETY OF EXCITING AND IMAGINATIVE CONTESTS, FROM COOKING TO MODEL-MAKING, FROM KITE-FLYING TO FLOWER ARRANGING HAD BEEN ARRANGED.

"THESE EVENTS HAVE PROVIDED A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DISABLED AND THE ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR SKILLS THROUGH FRIENDLY COMPETITION, SHE SAID.

LADY WILSON NOTED THAT THE WINNERS OF THE VARIOUS COMPETITIONS HAD PERFORMED VERY WELL AND THEY WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL ABILYMPICS TO BE HELD IN THE REGION IN AUGUST.

SHE WAS ALSO DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT THE UNITED NATIONS HAD TAKEN ON THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL ABILYMPICS AS AN OFFICIAL EVENT ΤΟ CELEBRATE THE CLOSING OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF DISABLED PERSONS.

LADY WILSON EXPRESSED HER THANKS TO PROFESSOR HARRY FANG AND ALL THOSE WHO HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE THIRD HONG KONG ABILYMPICS, AND HAD

WORKING SO HARD IN PREPARING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ABILYMPICS.

BEEN

SHE ALSO CONGRATULATED ALL THOSE CONTESTANTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE VARIOUS COMPETITIONS.

"WHETHER OR NOT YOU WON, YOU HAVE SHOWN BY YOUR

DISABLED PEOPLE REALLY ARE FULL, ADMIRABLE, PARTICIPATING OUR COMMUNITY,' SHE SAID.

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