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procedures involved.
Mr. Hui has suggested that the fourt and
not the Director of Social Welfare should make the final
decision concerning the need for guardianship. Mrs. Tam
however, made it clear in her speech that the Director of Social
Welfare is best placed to decide upon such matters and that
to le adequate safeguards exist through the District Court and the le Mental Health Review Tribunal for appeals against the
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continuation of guardianship in cases where the existing
arrangements are for some reason unsatisfactory. The Director
of Social Welfare will act when necessary as guardian of last
resort but I would like to emphasise that the essence of the
system is one of care and protection for the person placed
under guardianship and in normal circumstances, this would best
be provided by a relative or a caring person known to the
patient. When the Director has to act as guardian of last
resort, it is the intention that such arrangements should be of
an interim nature only, until a suitable alternative guardian
can be found.
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The Ad Hoc Group was concerned about the need to provide
for supervision of the financial affairs of the mentally
the Council incapacitated and I would like to assure Members that adequate
statutory provisions for this purpose. do, in fact, exist both in
Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance and in section 12 (4) of
the Supreme Court Ordinance.
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Another point of concern related to potential
difficulties when consent is required to medical treatment of