WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1990
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MENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS WELCOMED
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THE CONVENER OF THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP FORMED TO STUDY THE MENTAL HEALTH (GUARDIANSHIP REGULATIONS 1989, THE HON ROSANNA TAM, SAID TODAY WEDNESDAY THAT SHE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WELCOMED AND SUPPORTED THE REGULATIONS.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS TAM SAID THE REGULATIONS REPRESENTED THE OUTCOME OF EFFORTS MADE JOINTLY BY THE LEGCO
AND HELPED MEMBERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION,
TO
THE EXPEDITE
OF IMPLEMENTATION
THE MENTAL HEALTH ORDINANCE WHICH HAD BEEN EXTENSIVELY AMENDED IN 1988.
SHE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT HER AD HOC GROUP HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
"FIRST, THE REGULATIONS MAKE NO PROVISION FOR A GUARDIAN'S POWERS AND DUTIES OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND FINACNCES OF
UNDER GUARDIANSHIP WHO A PERSON
IS
ΤΟ UNABLE
AFFAIRS, SHE SAID.
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то
MANAGE HIS OWN
SORT OUT THE LEGAL SAID THE AD HOC CONSIDERED IN THE
NOTING THAT TIME WAS REQUIRED IMPLICATIONS INVOLVED IN SUCH A PROVISION, MRS TAM
BE CAREFULLY GROUP HOPED THAT THE SUBJECT WOULD NEAR FUTURE.
THE SECOND SUGGESTION OF THE AD HOC GROUP STEMMED FROM THE FACT THAT THE REGULATIONS DID NOT PROVIDE FOR THE APPPOINTMENT OF A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER TO ACT AS THE MEDICAL ATTENDANT OF A PERSON UNDER GUARDIANSHIP, AS PROVIDED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
MRS TAM SAID WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION HAD EXPLAINED THAT SUCH A PROVISION WAS NOT PRACTICABLE GIVEN THE EXISTING MANPOWER RESOURCES,
THE SITUATION THE GROUP NEVERTHELESS HOPED THAT
COULD BE REVIEWED ONCE THE MANPOWER POSITION OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IMPROVED.
LASTLY. MRS TAM SAID THAT THE AD HOC GROUP WELCOMED
FOR GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO PROVIDE A GUIDE
INTERESTED PARTIES AS TO REGARDS THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A GUARDIAN, BUT WISHED REITERATE THAT MAXIMUM PUBLICITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE MAJOR PROVISIONS IN THE AMENDED ORDINANCE AND ITS RULES AND REGULATIONS.
"NOT ONLY SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS,
PUBLIC SHOULD BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF THE
UNDERSTAND THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES TO MAKE THE SCHEME WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR LESS NEIGHBOURS. SHE SAID.
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