SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1993
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VOLUNTEER SERVICES NECESSARY TO A CARING COMMUNITY
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VOLUNTEER SERVICES NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE ΤΟ THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO ENABLE VOLUNTEERS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDY, A WOMAN VOLUNTEER, MS AU CHUNG-WO, SAID AFTER 20 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE.
RECEIVING
OUTSTANDING
BY THE SOCIAL
SHE WAS AMONG THE 63 VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEER AWARDS AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY ORGANISED WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY),
MS AU WAS A WELFARE WORKER IN A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ALTHOUGH HER DAILY WORK FOCUSED ON THE ELDERLY AND THE INTEREST IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE NEVER FADED.
ORGANISATION.
HER
DISABLED,
SHE SAID VOLUNTEER SERVICE WOULD FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE VALUES AND CULTIVATE A SENSE OF CONCERN FOR OTHERS.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (YOUTH AND REHABILITATION), MR ANTHONY CHAN, SAID AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THAT VOLUNTEERING WOULD HELP DEVELOP A CARING COMMUNITY AND A SPIRIT OF MUTUAL HELP.
HE SAID SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS HAD THE VALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF SERVING MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE AND EX-MENTAL PATIENTS.
WHEN THEY FIRST GOT IN TOUCH WITH THE DISABLED, THEY HAD A SENSE OF FEAR.
BUT WHEN THEY GOT ALONG WITH THEM, ALL BECAME AWARE THAT THE HANDICAPPED SHOULD BE GIVEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES ΤΟ ENJOY THE SAME BASIC RIGHTS AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY,
THUS, MR CHAN CALLED ON THE VOLUNTEERS TO SHARE THEIR POSITIVE FEELINGS AND EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO ALLAY THEIR FEARS.
BUS SERVICE FOR TIN SHUI ESTATE
THE TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY)
ANNOUNCED THAT
NEW TERRITORIES
KOWLOON MOTOR BUS WOULD INTRODUCE A NEW AIR-CONDITIONED BUS ROUTE NO. 269B RUNNING FROM TIN SHUI ESTATE ΤΟ STAR FERRY (SINGLE BOUND) ON MONDAY (MARCH 15).
THE ROUTE WILL BE SERVED BY DOUBLE DECKERS AT A FULL FARE OF $13 AND SECTION FARES OF $11 FROM TUEN MUN, $4.5 FROM MBI FOO AND $3.5 FROM LAI CHI KOK ROAD.
THE BUS WILL SET OFF FROM TIN SHUI 7.30 AM FROM MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS ONLY.
ESTATE AT 7.15 AM AND
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