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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-04-04
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[01] PM attends delivery of 52 vans for people facing walking problems
[01] PM attends delivery of 52 vans for people facing walking problems
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Monday attended the delivery of 52
vans for people facing walking problems at the Olympic Sailing Centre
at Agios Kosmas, which are part of the mobile property of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games.
"The Olympic and Paralympic Games left us a huge material and
immaterial heritage. It is our duty to utilise it to the greatest
possible degree," Karamanlis said in an address.
"Olympic real estate will become a lever of development for the regions
in which they are located, but it will also improve the daily lives of
citizens. Mobile property is being distributed to social agencies,
while the cost is 120 million euros. 450 nine-seater vans are being
distributed to municipalities, communities, clinics and schools in all
the regions of the country. It is one of the measures we owe to people
with disabilities. We are working to combat social prejudice," the
prime minister said, adding that "it is necessary that we utilise this
property. We must provide a continuation to attitudes emanating from
culture. In the summer of 2004 it left greater expectations for society
and greater responsibilities for the state. Much remains to be done
still, but we are proceeding on the path of responsibility."
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