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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1992
TO LAUNCH THE CAMPAIGN, AN EXHIBITION ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE IS BEING HELD IN SHA TIN AT THE ATRIUM GALLERY, OF THE NEW TOWN PLAZA, PHASE THREE, TODAY AND TOMORROW
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STAFF OF THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE WILL BE ON HAND HELP THE VISITORS.
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SERVICES FOR DISABLED TO EXPAND
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLANNED TO SPEND ABOUT $580 PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL OF 2,500 SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES AND 2,400 RESIDENTIAL PLACES IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS FROM 1992-93 TO 1996-97 TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, IN HER ADDRESS TO THE OPENING OF - PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF HONG KONG'S SHELTERED WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL IN
TUEN MUN.
"WE HAVE BEEN ATTACHING GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE TRAINING OF DISABLED PERSONS AND THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THEM, MRS GOODSTADT SAID.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS DETERMINED ΤΟ EXPAND VARIOUS REHABILITATION SERVICES IN AN ATTEMPT TO MEET THE DEMANDS.
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL OF 1,800 SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH PLACES TO MORE THAN 4,100.
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"AS THERE ARE STILL 2,500 PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST, WE PLAN TO INCREASE THE PLACES TO FULLY MEET THE DEMANDS BY 1996-97, SHE SAID.
ON RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, THE GOVERNMENT HAD PLANNED ΤΟ BOOST THE EXISTING 1,810 PLACES FOR MODERATELY AND SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED TO MORE THAN 4,200 PLACES IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS, MRS GOODSTADT SAID.
TO HELP THE DISABLED INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, SHE SAID SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND EFFORTS OF VARIOUS WELFARE AGENCIES WERE ESSENTIAL.
EQUALLY IMPORTANT WAS DIRECT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE REHABILITATION SERVICES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUNDS, SHR
SAID.
MRS GOODSTADT APPEALED TO LOCAL PROPRIETORS TO PLACE MORE ORDERS WITH THE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND TO ACTIVELY HIRE MORE DISABLED PEOPLE.
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