WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1986
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BETTER SERVICES FOR MENTALLY ILL PLANNED
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EXISTING FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY ILL WERE CONSIDERED TO BE GENERALLY ADEQUATE, BUT THERE WERE SAME SHORTFALLS, AND PLANS WERE IN HAND TO AUGMENT AND IMPROVE THE SERVICES. THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR CHAMBERS SAID THE MOST COMMON MENTAL DISEASES IN HONG KONG WERE SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOSIS, AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS, NEUROTIC DISORDERS, PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND PARANOID STATES.
+THE GOVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE CARE OF THE MENTALLY-ILL. PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF HEALTH EDUCATION, OUT-PATIENT AND IN-PATIENT FACILITIES, DAY HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC COMMUNITY SERVICES AND AFTER-CARE FACILITIES, HE SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEE YU-TAI.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF PSYCHIATRIC IN-PATIENTS TREATED IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS WERE 1 6 276 IN 1983-7 036 IN 1984, AND 7 083 LAST YEAR.
THE NUMBERS OF NEW PATIENTS SEEN IN PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT CLINICS IN THE SAME YEARS WERE 4 280 IN 1983- 4 377 IN 1984, AND 4 394 IN 1985, HE ADDED.
CLOSURE OF TUNNEL TUBE EXPLAINED
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THE CLOSURE OF ONE OF THE TUBES OF THE LION ROCK TUNNEL BEFORE MIDNIGHT SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE NECESSARY AND THE PRACTICE WAS NOT TO CLOSE A TUBE FOR MAINTENANCE AND CLEANSING UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT OR LATER DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON IAN MACPHERSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG,
MR MACPHERSON SAID RECORDS SHOWED THAT ON THREE RECENT SATURDAYS ONE TUBE WAS NOT CLOSED UNTIL 1 AM AND ON ONE OCCASION UNTIL 1.30 AM WHEN THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC HAD FALLEN TO A LEVEL WHICH COULD COMFORTABLY BE HANDLED BY A SINGLE TUBE.
+THERE WAS, HOWEVER A PROBLEM DURING DECEMBER WHEN ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK REVEALED THAT THE EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE CARRIAGEWAY OF THE NORTHBOUND TUBE WERE BREAKING UP, URGENT REMEDIAL WORK, MR MACPHERSON SAID.
REQUIRING
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