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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1434

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NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE STRESSED

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HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE URGED TODAY BY A GOVERNMENT 1 CTOR TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO MENTAL HEALTH THAN THEY DO NOW.

WHILE THE IR PHYSICAL HEALTH WAS IMPROVING, HONG KONG PEOPLE MUST NOT FORGET THAT THE MENTAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH WERE JUST AS IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY AS HONG KONG BECAME MORE

'NDUSTRIAL ISED AND URBANISED, DR. CHAN WAI-MAN, SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SAID.

SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON LUNCH, DR. CHAN EXPLAINED THAT MENTAL HEALTH WAS THE WAY PEOPLE THINK, FEEL, BEHAVE, ADJUST TO THEMSELVES, TO OTHERS AND TO SOCIETY.

SHE SAID THERE WERE THREE WAYS TO ACHIEVE MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION AND REHABILTATION.

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+TO ACHIEVE THESE THREE AIMS, THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, INCLUDING THE RECENT INTRODUCTION OF A 24-HOUR HEALTH EDUCATION HOTLINE SERVICE, DR. CHAN SAID.

THIS ATTRACTED OVER 2 000 CALLS IN JUNE ALONE, SHE SAID.

IT COULD BE EASILY SEEN THAT MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION WAS IN GREAT DEMAND BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THAT IS WHY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT ALSO ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND AGENCIES TO CARRY OUT SUCH ACTIVITIES ON THEIR OWN,+ SHE SAID.

DESIGNERS TOLD OF NEED FOR TENACITY

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HONG KONG'S ASPIRING YOUNG DESIGNERS WERE TOLD TONIGHT THAT TENACITY WAS SOMETIMES MORE USEFUL TO A DESIGNER THAN TALENT.

+A DESIGNER MUST BE FIRM IF HE KNOWS HE IS RIGHT, STUDENTS OF THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT OF THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL WERE TOLD BY MR HENRY STEINER, A WELL-KNOWN GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE +T. I. DESIGN, GRADUATION EXHIBITION AT THE CITY HALL'S EXHIBITION HALL, MR STEINER TOLD THEM TO RESIST THE HERD INSTINCT+ AND TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES +IF CONFORMITY WAS A SUPREME VIRTUE.+

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