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+SO FAR, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,+ HE SAID, THERE HAS LLEN NO INCIDENT IN WHICH THE RESIDENTS IN THESE HALF-WAY HOUSES HAVE HARMED THE IR NEIGHBOURS IN ANY WAY, +
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+ + IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, HE ADDED, IT IS NEVER POSSIBLE TO: GIVE AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE THAT NOTHING UNTOWARD WILL EVER HAPPEN, BUT THE FACT THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED IN TWENTY YEARS IS VERY REASSURING.+
MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT SOMETIMES IT SEEMED AS THOUGH PEOPLE WERE SAYING +YES, THE GOVERNMENT MUST DO SOMETHING MORE TO HELP THE MENTALLY ILL- AS LONG AS THEY DON'T DO IT CLOSE TO WHERE WE LIVE.+
+THIS MAY BE UNDERSTANDABLE, HE SAID, BUT TO PURSUE THIS ATTITUDE TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION WOULD MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVIDE THE REHABILITATION SERVICE THAT DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS NEED.+
+FURTHERMORE, MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING WHICH HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE! WE CAN NEVER BE SURE THAT OUR OWN FAMILY AND FRIENDS MAY NOT NEED THIS SERVICE AT SOME TIME.
+SO MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT JUST SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEMS- IN A CARING COMMUNITY IT SHOULD BE EVERYONE'S PROBLEM, HE SAID.
JUNE EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES, PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED
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THERE WERE 922 400 PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JUNE THIS YEAR, UP 2.1 PER CENT OVER THE SAME MONTH OF 1983 ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR EMPLOYED 548 600 PEOPLE, A 5.4 PER CENT INCREASE OVER JUNE 1983.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 167 300, WAS UP 2.5 PER CENT.
BUT EMPLOYMENT IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECLINED BY 9.9 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH THE JUNE 1983 FIGURE.
/A DEPARTMENT