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Tuesday, December 19, 1972

OPENING OF PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE AT SIU LAM

The Prisons Department Psychiatric Centre at Siu Lan, New Territories,

will be officially declared open by the Commissioner of Prisons, Mr. T.G. Garner,

tomorrow (December 20) at 3.30 p.m.

The 120-bed psychiatric centre is designed for patients who require

treatment under custodial conditione,

The centre has four wards equipped with various treatment facilities,

Ample space is also available for recreational therapy in the area

adjacent to the main building of the centre, such as the growing of flowers

and vegetables.

Patients complaining of physical illness will be treated by a resident

medical officer, with psychiatric treatment being prescribed by a psychiatrist.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to send a reporter and/or

photographer to cover the opening ceremony. Transport will be provided. Two vans (AM2034 and AM2032) will

leave the carpark behind the Tsim Sha Tsui Post

Office at 2.30 p.m. sharp on Wednesday (December 20), taking the press to the centre.

Release time: 7.00 p.m.

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