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SATURDAY AUGUST 10, 199]

"THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH SO MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCED IN THIS FIELD, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ABILYMPICS WILL, I AM SURE, DO MUCH TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND HELP US FIND THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD,' THE ACTING GOVERNOR SAID.

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HE SAID HONG KONG WAS VERY HONOURED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HOST THIS MAJOR EVENT, WHICH MARKED THE CLOSING OF THE UNITED NATIONS' "DECADE OF DISABLED PERSONS" AND CELEBRATED THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE DISABLED,

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THE ABILYMPICS, SIR DAVID SAID, HAD CAUGHT THE IMAGINATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND WON WIDESPREAD SUPPORT.

"THE PRESENCE OF OVER 80 DELEGATIONS AND SOME 2,000

막中 HERE IN HONG KONG IS A VIVID DEMONSTRATION OF THAT, HE

PARTICIPANTS

SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE AIM OF THE ABILYMPICS WAS ΤΟ ACHIEVE "EQUALITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION" BY FULLY INTEGRATING PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND AT ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE OF DISABLED PERSONS.

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UNTIL AUGUST 16, DELEGATES WOULD BE ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE ACTIVITIES, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, SKILLS CONTESTS AND PERFORMANCES.

THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.

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1 HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE ABILYMPICS, WILL GAIN STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THIS EXPERIENCE, HE SAID.

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SIR DAVID ALSO CONGRATULATED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL ABILYMPICS, DR HARRY FANG, AND MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, ON SUCCESSFULLY BRINGING THIS INTERNATIONAL EVENT TO HONG KONG.

HE ALSO EXTENDED A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OVERSEAS DELEGATES AND WISHED ALL PARTICIPANTS, BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS, A MOST ENJOYABLE STAY IN HONG KONG.

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