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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1988
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MR CHAMBERS SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON REHABILITATION EX-MENTAL PATIENTS WAS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES PROVIDE THESE PATIENTS WITH COMPREHENSIVE REHABILITATION SERVICES AFTER THEIR DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL.
"THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ALSO CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN ORDER TO IMPRESS UPON HONG KONG PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCEPTING EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AS FULL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THE HALF-WAY HOUSE WAS AN THIS REHABILITATION PROCESS.
INTEGRAL PART OF
WHICH HELPS THE DECISION-MAKING STONE THAT 19 COMMUNITY," HE
"BY PROVIDING A STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT PATIENT TO DEVELOP HIS SOCIAL SKILLS, WORK HABITS AND ABILITIES, THE HALF-WAY HOUSE PROVIDES THE STEPPING REQUIRED TO ENABLE HIM TO RESUME A NORMAL LIFE IN THE SAID.
AT PRESENT, ALL HALF-WAY HOUSES ARE LOCATED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND THEY CATER TO THE NEEDS OF EX-MENTAL PATIENTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN ONE YEAR.
SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND 1987 ALLOCATION
THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND HAS RECENTLY MADE GRANTS OF MORE THAN $10 MILLION TO 47 CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR ADOLF HSU.
MR HSU IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON ALLOCATIONS FROM THE FUND.
RESPONSIBLE
THE SIR ROBERT HO TUNG CHARITABLE FUND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CHARITABLE TRUSTS IN HONG KONG.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY A BEGUEST OF $500,000 ROBERT HO TUNG ON HIS DEATH IN 1956.
BY
THE LATE SIK
THE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD.
/MR HSU