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outcome is a marked improvement over the present provisions of
the Mental Health Ordinance.
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Dr. HỌ Kam-fai and other members have expressed concern
about the inclusion in this Ordinance of provisions relating to the mentally handicapped and the Ad Hoc Group recommended that
separate legislation should be provided for this purpose. I
can confirm that the Secretary for Education and Manpower is
already taking steps to set up a working group to examine this
issue and hopes to be able to resolve the rather complex
problems involved and reach a conclusion within the next 18
months.
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A. Mrs. Tam has described the various amendments which we
have agreed with the Ad Hoc Group and which she will move at
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the Committee Stage, and I will not go into details on these
in points. I shall also be moving a number of amendments at
Committee Stager mostly of a technical nature.
ittee,
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I would now like to comment briefly on a few more
general points which have emerged in the course of discussions
on the Bill.
of/discussions
6.
This Bill introduces the concept of guardianship for
mentally handicapped persons who are over 18 years of age and are, therefore, outside the jurisdiction of the Protection of
Women and Juveniles Ordinance. This is a new concept in Hong
Kong and some Members have expressed concern about some of the