Chan Yue Ching's "City Life" won first prize in water color printing in the Hong Kong Abilympics.

HKCS founded The On Wah Day Activity Centre in March 2003 to offer services to the moderate to severe mentally handicapped adults aged from 15 and above. The center provides various types of trainings, such as painting and handcrafts, to help develop the participants' vocational capabilities.

To give them opportunities to further develop their abilities, four outstanding members of the center were encouraged to participate in the Hong Kong Abilympics. Indeed, one of those four members, Mr Chan Yue Ching, had won the first prize in Water Color Painting.

Mr. Chan was also among the 23 Hong Kong representatives who had been invited to participate in the 6th International Abilympics, the Olympics for the disables, that took place in New Delhi from November 23 to 29, 2003. In that event, as a whole, Hong Kong Representatives won one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal. The On Wah Centre member, Mr. Chan, received the 10th position among the 28 contestants in the Painting (Water Color) event.

The Centre-in-charge, Ms. Iris Cheung, was pleased with Mr. Chan's achievements. She states that people with disabilities flourish through their gifts and talents when proper opportunities are given to them. Their accomplishment surely help others learn to treat them equally and eventually; their acceptance into society where they live.

The International Abilympics is regularly held once every four year. The goals of such event are to discover talents, to create awareness, to promote international alliance, to inspire and to promote job opportunities for the disables. In this 6th year, 1,500 participants from 33 countries had attended.