MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1980
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+CLUB+ BUSINESS WHICH INCLUDES RUNNING OF A CANTEEN AND SHOPS, IS HANDLED BY PATIENTS UNDER SUPERVISION. THROUGH THIS ACTIVITY, IT IS INTENDED TO SPEED UP THE IR ADAPTATION TO COMMUNITY LIFE AFTER DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL.
+THE COMPLETION OF SOUTH KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL MARKS ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME FOR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS DURING THE DECADE, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
OUT-PATIENT FACILITIES FOR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS WILL ALSO BE STRENGTHENED.
APART FROM THE SEVEN EXISTING PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, SIX MORE WILL BE BUILT WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS.
A NEW FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE, NAMELY PSYCHIATRIC COMMUNITY NURSING, WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE HOSPITAL BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY EXHIBITION
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VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY WILL BE BROUGHT UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT LATER THIS WEEK IN AN EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN THE AUTHORITY'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE IN NGAU TAU KOK FROM AUGUST 9 TO 17. ADMISSION IS FREE.
IT WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE AUTHORITY'S CHAIRMAN, MR GEOFFREY YEH, AT 11 AM ON SATURDAY.
THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT HAMMERING HOME THE VARIOUS SAFETY MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES BY MEANS OF DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS,
+THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY HAS GIVEN FULL SUPPORT IN PLANNING AND ORGANISING THE EXHIBITION, IT IS HOPED THAT IT WILL HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS, THE DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR YIP YUK-LUN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
HE SAID THE EXHIBITION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS - DISPLAYS OF MACHINERY AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON SAFETY.
THE DISPLAYS WILL HIGHLIGHT SAFETY MEASURES IN RESPECT OF LIFTING AND TRANSPORTATION MACHINERY. THESE WILL INCLUDE TRAINING OF PERSONNEL, PROPER METHODS OF OPERATION, EXAMINATION AND TESTING, PROPER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE MACHINERY.
+THIS IS PROMPTED BY THE FACT THAT LAST YEAR A NUMBER OF FATAL AND SERIOUS CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS INVOLVED THESE TYPES OF MACHINERY, + MR YIP POINTED OUT.
HE SAID