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SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1993

COMMENTING ON THE NEW ARRANGEMENT, A CSD SPOKESMAN SAID THE AIM OF THE TRANSFER WAS TO RELEASE THE POLICE TO THE PROPER DOMAIN THEIR DUTIES.

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"WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE UP THE NEW RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH ARE MORE APPROPRIATE TO OUR FUNCTIONS," HE SAID, NOTING THAT CSD IS ALREADY RESPONSIBLE FOR ESCORTING DUTIES FOR THE SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS.

HE SAID AN ADDITION OF 62 DEPARTMENTAL POSTS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO MEET THE NEW RESPONSIBILITY.

THE POLICE ARE ESCORTING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 3,700 PRISONERS BETWEEN MAGISTRACIES AND RECEPTION CENTRES EACH MONTH YEAR.

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ACTIVITIES FOR DISABLED HELD AS SCHEDULED

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IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ANTHONY CHAN, COMMENTED ON THE RECENT CASE IN WHICH THE DISABLED WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DENIED ACCESS ΤΟ A COMMERCIAL ARCADE WHERE ACTIVITIES FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED WOULD BE HELD.

HE SAID HE WAS PLEASED то LEARN THAT THE RESOLVED WITHOUT CAUSING ANY FURTHER MISUNDERSTANDING.

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HE NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED EVENT ORGANISED BY HOMES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AT CITY ONE PLAZA COULD NOW BE HELD AS SCHEDULED IN APRIL AT NO COST NOR ANY UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS.

'WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WISH TO THINK THAT

THE DISABLED HAVE SPREAD,

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HE SAID.

DISCRIMINATION

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HE SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT ΤΟ STEP UP PUBLICITY ON CIVIC EDUCATION AS A MEANS TO REMOVE PREJUDICE AGAINST THE VULNERABLE.

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"THE DISABLED, LIKE EVERYONE OF US, HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP THEM WITH INTEGRATION, HE ADDED.

HE SAID AS A PRELUDE TO

A SERIES OF PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE THIS MESSAGE A TOGETHERNESS DAY WAS BEING PLANNED FOR APRIL 11 AT KOWLOON PARK.

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"THE ABLE-BODIED AND THE DISABLED ALIKE WILL SHARE THE FUN OF GAMES AND WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER BETTER, HE ADDED.

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