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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; margin-right: -6pt; text-align: justify"><st1:place w:st="on"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Hong Kong</span></font></st1:place><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"> is proud to present the<strong><span style="font-weight: bold"> “12<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED 2010)”</span></strong>,<strong><span style="font-weight: bold"> 2 to 4 June 2010. </span></strong></span></font><font face="Arial" color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Arial">This event is hosted by The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation and co-sponsored by the U.S. Transportation Research Board.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Please find the attached TRANSED 2010 First Announcement and Call for Abstracts for your information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">It will be much appreciated if you could kindly forward this message and disseminate the First Announcement and Call for Abstracts to your friends and colleagues, as well as to those people who may be interested to attend and/or make submission of an abstract to the captioned Conference. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Meanwhile, should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Conference Organizer:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Ms Veronica Cheng or Ms Rachel Lee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">302 Tower A, New <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mandarin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Plaza<br />
</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">14 Science Museum Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, Tsimshatsui East<br />
</span></font><st1:City w:st="on"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Kowloon</span></font></st1:City><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">, <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong<br />
</st1:place></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Tel: (852) 2734 3315 or (852) 2734 3317<br />
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Email: <a title="blocked::mailto:transed2010@rehabsociety.org.hk mailto:transed2010@rehabsociety.org.hk" href="mailto:transed2010@rehabsociety.org.hk">transed2010@rehabsociety.org.hk</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial">The Call of Abstracts for Papers and Posters has now been extended to <strong><strong><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial">August 31, 2009.</span></font></strong></strong></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">For further update on TRANSED 2010, please visit our conference website: <a title="blocked::http://www.transed2010.hk/ http://www.transed2010.hk/" href="http://www.transed2010.hk/">http://www.transed2010.hk/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-justify: inter-ideograph; layout-grid-mode: char; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Look forward to seeing all in <st1:place w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:place> in June 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Chairman<br />
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">International Steering Committee<br />
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">TRANSED 2010<br />
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