SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1985
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PROGRAMME EDUCATES PUBLIC ON MENTAL HEALTH
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THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN REHABILITATION (COMPERE) IS IMPLEMENTING A PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
+EFFORTS ARE BEING INTENSIFIED AT DISTRICT LEVEL AND IN LONG-TERM EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT A POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH MESSAGE IS BROUGHT HOME TO VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE COMMUNITY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY,
DOCUMENTARY FILMS, TELEVISION AND RADIO PROGRAMMES, FEATURE ARTICLES, PRESS INTERVIEWS, AND PRINTED MATERIALS ARE USED TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS,
TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FEATURED THE TOPIC IN A NUMBER OF POPULAR PROGRAMMES.
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IN ADDITION, SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S HALF-WAY HOUSE SCHEME APPEARED IN THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPERS IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN, SHAM SHUI PO, MONG KOK, YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI, CENTRAL AND WESTERN, WAN CHAI, EASTERN, KOWLOON CITY AND KWUN TONG.
+WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MASS MEDIA, WE AIM TO IMPROVE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING ON MATTERS CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ IT IS IMPORTANT THAT SUCH EFFORTS ARE MAINTAINED SO THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES ARE WELL UNDERSTOOD AND MORE READILY ACCEPTED, HE ADDED.
TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ON MENTAL HEALTH, A WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY COMPERE TO ARRANGE THE PRODUCTION OF A SERIES OF FACT SHEETS AND AN EXPLANATORY BOOKLET TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE REHABILITATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL.
THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME IS BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY SEMINARS, TALKS AND EXHIBITIONS HELD AT DISTRICT LEVEL. THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION ON MENTAL HEALTH WAS HELD AT SHA TIN IN JANUARY AND TWO MORE ARE BEING HELD AT TUEN MUN AND TAI PO. A FURTHER DISPLAY IS BEING PLANNED FOR KWAI CHUNG IN MAY.
TWO OPEN FORUMS HAVE SO FAR BEEN HELD FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT. THE LATEST ONE WAS HELD AT VICTORIA PARK EARLIER THIS MONTH.
VISITS HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING ARRANGED TO FAMILIARISE LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH HALF-WAY HOUSES. THERE WILL ALSO BE SHOWS OF A VIDEO FILM ABOUT THE SCHEME THREE TIMES A DAY IN MAY AT SHA KOK COMMUNITY HALL, LUNG HANG ESTATE COMMUNITY HALL AND SUN TIN WAI COMMUNITY HALL. THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TALKS AND GROUP
DISCUSSIONS.
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