social work student intake in the next triennium starting in 1984-65. The Polytechnic will also commence its social work degree course from 1983-24. The manpower shortage cannot be resolved in the immediate future but, with these measures, situation should improve.
53.
(c) Rehabilitation
International The
Year of Disabled
us with provided
an opportunity to focus attention on the problems of the disabled;
the
education public
PerGons (IYDP)
community's
the
and the momentum of
programme designed
to increase the
community' awareness of the capabilities, needa, aspirations and rights of the disabled generated during the International Year is being maintained.
54.
services
In the provision of medical and social rehabilitation
口吃 and
training special education and
for
the
disabled, the Governmont intends to maintain. steady progress. By 1986, each regional hospital will have attached to it one modical rehabilitation centre providing specialist in-patient By the end of the docade, the number of residential
care
treatment.
tripled
and
quadrupled
and day respectively. Pre-school training and spacial education and
vocational
will have placoa
training places
will
also have
been incroised
aubstantially and we should be within sight of attaining all our targeta by the early 1990s.
55.
Chau
to
a
The provision of servicės for the mentally-ill has attracted much public concern following the tragic Un Street incident of 3rd June. The working party set up
of mentally review
disturbed the handling
with persons diaposition to violence, with special emphasis on the adequacy of the various after-care services discharged mental pationts into our community, id expected to report shortly. The Government will give urgent attention
its findings.
the for
integration
of
to
/(a) Medical