88. During World Health week, the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong sponsored a series of broadcasts on basic mental health concepts in addition to the usual lectures and discussions arranged for their members.
89. The welfare of the aged is still mainly a family responsibility in Hong Kong where the traditional respect of the Chinese for old people persists. However, due to the break-up of family life among refugees, there are long waiting lists for the five homes run by religious organizations for about 1,000 old people. Site formation has begun on the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Aged at Aberdeen which will cater for about 400 aged men and women and for the building of which the Jockey Club of Hong Kong has given a grant of $1,000,000. The Jockey Club has also given $100,000 to the Sin Tin Toa Home, Sha Tin, for building an extension to house about 150 more old people.
90. A List of the Voluntary Societies and Institutions doing work for the Physically Handicapped and the Aged will be found at Appendix 20.
CHAPTER XI
INDUSTRIAL AND SEAMEN'S WELFARE
91. While industrial welfare is primarily a matter for the Labour Department a note on certain aspects will not be out of place in this Report.
92. In ninety one new cases of fatal industrial accidents which were referred by the Labour Department, the Courts and H.Q. Land Forces, the Special Welfare Services Section investigated the circumstances of the dependants and advised on how the compensation money should be paid out to the best advantage of the family. In addition, 201 old cases were re-examined for recommendations to the courts on variation of payment orders, for assistance in obtaining resettlement, for employ- ment, or for relief. Two victims of industrial accidents not covered by the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance and two cases in which the wage-earner died of natural causes were referred to the Brewin Fund Committee for financial assistance to the dependants who were left destitute.
93. Every registrable workplace must supply first aid equipment and drinking water, and all plans for new factory buildings must include provision for dining or rest rooms. An increasing number of industrial managements appreciate the importance of welfare facilities for their
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