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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1987
HAD ALWAYS BEEN A
HE SAID, ADDING RATES HAD ALSO
THE ESTIMATE OF DEMAND FOR THESE SERVICES VERY DIFFICULT TASK IN THE ABSENCE OF RELIABLE DATA, THAT PROJECTIONS DERIVED FROM OVERSEAS PREVALENCE PROVED TO BE NOT REALISTIC FOR THE LOCAL SITUATION.
"THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS NOW ADOPTED A MORE PRAGMATIC APPROACH BY USING THE ACTUAL ENROLMENT IN EXISTING SERVICES, THE NUMBER OF DISABLED PERSONS ON THE WAITING LISTS, AS WELL AS AN ARBITRARY ADDITIONAL 30 PER CENT OF THIS 'EXPRESSED DEMAND' TO PROJECT THE 'HIDDEN DEMAND', HE SAID.
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THE DEMAND AND THE PLACEMENT SITUATION WOULD ВВ MONITORED BY THE CO-ORDINATED REFERRAL SYSTEM UNIT IN THE CASE OF PRE-SCHOOL DISABLED CHILDREN WHILE THE CENTRAL REFERRAL AND PLACEMENT UNIT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CO-ORDINATING DAY AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED ADULTS, HE ADDED.
THE
MR LAW URGED DISABLED PERSONS TO REGISTER THEIR NEED FOR ANY REHABILITATION SERVICES WHICH THEY MIGHT REQUIRE BECAUSE PROJECTION OF 'HIDDEN DEMAND WAS RELATED TO 'EXPRESSED DEMAND'.
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"I HOPE THAT THE OLD HABIT OF HIDING DISABLED FAMILY
HE SAID.
AT HOME WILL DISAPPEAR ALTOGETHER,
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"IN MAKING YOUR NEEDS KNOWN, YOU WILL NOT ONLY HELP OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, BUT YOU WILL ALSO HELP THE GOVERNMENT BETTER REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY," HE ADDED.
MEMBERS
YOURSELF ΤΟ PLAN
ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE COULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES OR THROUGH THE OFFICES OF WELFARE AGENCIES PROVIDING REHABILITATION SERVICES, HE SAID.
MR LAW ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS GENEROUS DONATION TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTRE AND TO THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED FOR THEIR DEVOTION AND CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN THE SERVICE FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
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