social work student intake in the next triennium starting in 1984-85. The Polytechnic will also commence its social work The manpower shortage cannot be degree course from 1983-24.
rezolved in the immediate future but, with these measures,' the situation should improve.
(c) Rehabilitation
53.
The International
of Disabled Year
provided
an opportunity to
Parcons (IYDP)
Zocua the community's
with us attention on the problems of the, disabled;
;áܘܐof
the public education programme designed
and the momentum of
to increase the
community's awareness of the capabilities, needs, aspirations and rights of the disabled generated during the International Year is being maintainod.
54.
:
training
In the provision of medical and social rehabilitation education and
for the services and of special disabled, the Government intends to maintain. steady progress. By 1986, each regional hospital will have attached to it one medical' rehabilitation centre providing specialist in-patient By the end of the decade, the number of residential
will have placos day care respectively. Pre-school training and special education and vocational training places gubstantially and we should be within sight of attaining all our targete by the early 1990s.
treatment.
and
55.
quadrupled
and tripled
algo have been will
increased
The provision of services for the mentally-ill has Chau attracted much public concern following the tragic Un
to The working party set up Street incident of 3rd June,
disturbed persona with a
review the handling of mentally diaposition to violence, with special emphasis on the adequacy
for services
the integration of the various discharged mental pationts into our community, id expected to report shortly. The Government will give urgent attention
of
after-care
to
its findings.
/(a) Medical
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