THURY, SIPT:MBER 25, 1986
HE SAID FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES PROVIDED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO EST THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO COULD NOT COPE WITH THE PRESSURES OF PODERN LIVING WHICH COULD, IN TURN, LEAD TO FAMILY DISRUPTION.
MR LIAO SAID HE AGREED WITH THE APPROACH THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN TACKLING SUCH PROBLEMS.
+ ASSISTANCE FROM SOCIAL WORKERS AS WELL AS FROM PARENTS OR EVEN NEIGHBOURS AT THE RIGHT MOMENT MAY OFTEN HELP TO RESOLVE MANY OF THE PERSONAL OR FAMILY CRISES AND PREVENT FAMILY TRAGEDIES, + HE SAID.
+WE THEREFORE NEED A COMMUNITY WHICH TRULY CARES SO THAT THE WELFARE AGENCIES DO NOT OPERATE ALONE BUT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO ARE ALSO IN A POSITION TO HELP OUT.+
MR LIAO SAID THE GOVERNMENT APPRECIATED THE SOCIETY'S WORK IN PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES AS WELL AS IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE CONCEPTS OF FAMILY SELF-RELIANCE AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AMONG FAMILIES.
SHARPEN YOUR SCALPELS CALL TO DOCTORS *****
THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR JOHN CHAMBERS, TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED ON THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TO KEEP UP-TO-DATE ON LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE.
MEDICAL SUCCESS, HE SAID, DEPENDED NOT ONLY ON THE EXPERTISE OF DOCTORS, BUT ALSO ON THE QUALITY OF EQUIPMENT USED.
AND TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINT HE QUOTED THE CHINESE ADAGE: +A WORKMAN MUST SHARPEN HIS TOOLS IF HE IS TO DO HIS WORK WELL.+
MR CHAMBERS MADE THE COMMENTS WHEN OPENING A MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THE MEDEX 86/LABDEX 86 EXHIBITION HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FIRST HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDICAL ADVANCES.
MR CHAMBERS POINTED OUT THAT WHILE HONG KONG'S HOSPITAL SYSTEM WAS UNDERGOING RAPID EXPANSION, THE SUCCESS OF ITS MEDICAL SERVICES DEPENDED NOT ONLY ON THE AVAILABILITY OF HOSPITAL BEDS, THE EXPERTISE OF DOCTORS AND THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF BUT ALSO ON THE QUALITY OF EQUIPMENT IN USE.
/+IN T...