SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1994
BOOKLET TO PREVENT YOUTH SUICIDE
THE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PRODUCED A PUBLICITY BOOKLET ΤΟ PREVENT YOUNG PEOPLE FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE.
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ENTITLED "I WILL LIVE ON", THIS
FULL-COLOUR PUBLICATION AIMED AT INCULCATING IN YOUNG PEOPLE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD RESORT TO TERMINATING THEIR LIVES.
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"THE BOOKLET IS INTENDED TO HELP ADOLESCENTS TO TAKE A MORE POSITIVE LOOK AT LIFE AND DEATH BY ADDRESSING TO THEIR FEELINGS AND COGNITIONS WHEN THEY CONTEMPLATE SUICIDE, SAID THE SENIOR CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, MR YAU DICK-WAH, TODAY (SUNDAY).
"IT IS MEANT TO BE A SELF-HELP RESOURCE BOOKLET WHICH WILL ENABLE ADOLESCENTS TO HAVE SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS AND HOW THEY APPROACH TO SOLVE THEM.
"HOPEFULLY, THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE ON INSTEAD OF TAKING THEIR LIVES AFTER REEVALUATING THEIR OPTIONS, MR YAU ADDED.
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THE BACK COVER OF THE BOOKLET CONTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SEEK COUNSELLING SERVICE IF THEY COME ACROSS ANY PERSONAL OR EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.
COPIES OF THE BOOKLET, PRINTED IN CHINESE, ARE NOW OBTAINABLE AT ALL YOUTH OFFICES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
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FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS MUST BE INSURED
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EMPLOYERS OF FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS SHOULD COMPLY WITH THEIR STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES FOR THEIR DOMESTIC HELPERS UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE (ECO), THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
AN EMPLOYER OF A FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER WAS RECENTLY FINED $3,000 BY A SHA TIN MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING TO TAKE OUT AN INSURANCE POLICY TO COVER HIS FULL LIABILITIES UNDER THE ECO AND COMMON LAW.
"THE CASE CAME TO LIGHT WHEN A FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER REPORTED WORK INJURY TO THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS) MRS GRACE SHEK SAID.
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"FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THE EMPLOYER OF THE FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER DID NOT TAKE OUT INSURANCE FOR THE DOMESTIC HELPER, SHE SAID.
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MRS SHEK POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE ECO, ALL EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES TO COVER THEIR FULL LIABILITIES UNDER THE ORDINANCE AND UNDER COMMON LAW.
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