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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1982

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ADVICE GIVEN ON MENTAL HEALTH

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THE KEY TO SOUND MENTAL HEALTH LIES IN STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND LEISURE AND MAINTAINING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.

THE ADVICE WAS GIVEN BY DR S.C. LEUNG, HEAD OF THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MENTAL HEALTH EXHIBITION HELD AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE EXHIBITION IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAMME STARTED LAST YEAR TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH.

DR LEUNG POINTED OUT THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG WERE UNDER STRESS AND STRAIN, A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE HIGHLY INDUSTRIALISED AND ADVANCED SOCIETIES DUE TO KEEN COMPETITION, CROWDEDNESS, POLLUTION AND PARTICULARLY, A GROWING LACK OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

EXPLAINING THE ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF MENTAL PATIENTS. SHE SAID THAT ACCEPTANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT ON THE IR PART WOULD HELP PATIENTS REHABILITATE AND INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE SAID IT WAS EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND TO SEEK EARLY TREATMENT.

+ONLY BY EARLY TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS, SUCCESSFUL REHABILITATION AND PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY CAN MENTAL DISEASE BE EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED, SHE ADDED.

THE EXHIBITION WAS OPENED BY THE WONG TAI SIN CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR I.R. STRACHAN AND MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, DR CONRAD LAM AND MRS NG CHOW MAY-LIN.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM FROM TODAY TO FRIDAY,

WATER STORAGE

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STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (TUESDAY) STOOD AT 42.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, OR 246,520 MILLION CUBIC METRES, EQUAL TO 216 DAYS' CONSUMPTION.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 272.723 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 47.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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