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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1986
AS TO THE RECOMMENDED SCHEDULES OF ACCOMMODATION FOR THE THREE NEW CENTRES, MR HENDERSON SAID THESE HAD BEEN ADOPTED EXCEPT THAT +WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPECT OF STAFFING STANDARDS CONTINUE TO BE DISCUSSED.+
MR HENDERSON ALSO PROVIDED A TABLE WHICH OUTLINED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON PRE-SCHOOL CARE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND PROGRESS MADE IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
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FIVE NEW SHELTERED WORKSHOPS FOR DISABLED
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IN RECENT YEARS NO SER IOUS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN MOBILISING SUBVENTED WELFARE AGENCIES TO OPERATE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS FOR THE EX-MENTALLY ILL, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NE IL HENDERSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS BY DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG, MR HENDERSON SAID THAT FIVE NEW WORKSHOPS PROVIDING 760 PLACES FOR THE DISABLED, INCLUDING THE EX-MENTALLY ILL, WOULD COME INTO OPERATION IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN TAKEN UP BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
+THERE ARE AT PRESENT 11 SHELTERED WORKSHOPS WITH A CAPACITY OF 1 220 PLACES WHICH WOULD ADMIT DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS, MR HENDERSON SAID.
+SEVEN OF THESE WORKSHOPS ARE OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PROVIDING 800 PLACES FOR ALL CATEGORIES OF DISABLED PERSONS INCLUDING THE EX-MENTALLY ILL.+
THE REST OF THEM, RUN BY VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES, WERE ESSENTIALLY FOR THE EX-MENTALLY ILL.
MR HENDERSON ADDED THAT ACCORDING TO RECORDS KEPT BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THE NUMBER OF RECOVERED MENTAL PATIENTS WAITING FOR ADMISSION TO SHELTERED WORKSHOPS WAS 147.
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