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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1986
THE FILM DRAWS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
A PERSON BREAKS HIS LEG AND HIS SYMPATHETIC FRIENDS DO NOT EXPECT HIM TO RECOVER OVER NIGHT, TOGETHER WITH THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIM AFTER HE HAS RECOVERED, AND THAT OF A MENTALLY ILL PERSON AND HIS RECOVERY.
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+WHEN A PERSON IS FIT AGAIN, HIS FRIENDS WILL TREAT HIM NORMALLY AND FORGET THAT HE HAS EVER BEEN TEMPORARILY DISABLED. IF ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS GETS MENTAL ILLNESS, THE SAME RULES APPLY, + MR LEWIS SAID.
+ FEEL THAT THE KEY POINT OF THE API IS EMPHASISED THROUGH
BE THE VOICEOVER -- DON'T EXPECT HIM TO RECOVER OVER NIGHT. HELPFUL AND SYMPATHETIC AND AS HE RECOVERS, TREAT HIM LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING.
+MENTAL PATIENTS, AFTER RECEIVING PROPER TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, WILL BE NO DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE ELSE.+
BY STRESSING FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY TO INTEGRATION, THE PUBLIC IS URGED THROUGH THE API TO GIVE A HELPING HAND TO THE MENTALLY ILL AND TO ACCEPT EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AS EQUAL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.
THIS API IS PART OF A CURRENT PUBLICITY EFFORT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH,
OTHER PUBLICITY ITEMS INCLUDE A 12-PAGE BOOKLET, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE AND MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICT OFFICES, AND A SET OF EIGHT FACT SHEETS, WHICH WILL BE READY SOON.
WORKING GROUP PROMOTES UC ELECTIONS ****
RESIDENTS IN WONG TAI SIN WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CIVIC RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ABOUT THE URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS AT TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 17) AND TUESDAY.
THE MEETINGS ARE ORGANISED BY THE WORKING GROUP ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WHICH WAS RECENTLY SET UP UNDER THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE.
WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER, MR LEE MAN-KWONG ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES (KOWLOON), MR T.K. CHOY; CHIEF MANAGER (LEISURE SERVICES) KOWLOON EAST OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR WOO WAI-MAN; AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL SPEAK AT THE MEETINGS, WHICH WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE WORKING GROUP LEADER, MR ALBERT LI,
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