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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1984
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IF THE BILL IS ENACTED, A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MONEY CHANGERS TO ADJUST THEIR BUSINESS PROCEDURE AND FORMS BEFORE THE LEGISLATION BECOMES OPERATIVE.
ANYONE WHO HAS ANY COMMENT TO MAKE CAN WRITE TO UMELCO, AT SWIRE HOUSE, 12TH FLOOR, CHATER ROAD, OR TO THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG.
WIDER CONCERN NOW FOR HANDICAPPED
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LADY YOUDE
THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE HAD GRADUALLY BECOME MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK OF CARING FOR THE HANDICAPPED, LADY YOUDE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, SAID TODAY.
THIS TASK HAD FORMERLY BEEN LEFT LARGELY TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE FAMILY, SHE SAID.
LADY YOUDE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MACLEHOSE MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE AND THE SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR REHABILITATION.
THE GOVERNMENT, SHE SAID, HAD RESPONDED TO THIS GROWING SOCIAL AWARENESS WITH ITS PLANS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FULLY EQUIPPED MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRES ON A REGIONAL BASIS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THERE WERE AT PRESENT THE MARGARET TRENCH REHABILITATION CENTRE IN EAST KOWLOON, ALSO UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR REHABILITATION, AND THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL PHYSICAL MEDICINE UNIT, SERVING THE EAST NEW TERRITORIES.
AND PLANS WERE ON HAND TO ESTABLISH A REHABILITATION UNIT AT THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL FOR THE WEST NEW TERRITORIES, AND ANOTHER AT ARGYLE STREET FOR WEST KOWLOON.
SHE SAID THE MACLEHOSE MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE, WHICH WOULD NOW SERVE HONG KONG ISLAND, WAS NAMED FOR THE FORMER GOVERNOR WHOSE UNFAILING SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIETY WAS WELL-KNOWN.
THE CENTRE HAS 150 BEDS AND PROVIDES AN INTENSIVE INTEGRATED AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SERVICE FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED. IT ALSO SERVES AS A CLINICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AND FOR TRAINEE PHYSIOTHERAPISTS AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS FROM HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
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