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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986

+THIRDLY THE SITE SHOULD BE CLOSE TO A PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE OR CLINIC WHICH CAN PROVIDE SUPPORTING SERVICES.+

LASTLY, THE BUILDING ON THE SITE HAD TO BE EITHER PURPOSE-BUILT OR AN EXISTING INDEPENDENT BUILDING WHICH COULD BE CONVERTED EASILY INTO SUITABLE HOSTEL-TYPE ACCOMMODATION WHICH ALLOWED EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION WHILE THE CLIENT UNDERWENT HIS OWN INDIVIDUAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, HE ADDED.

MR HENDERSON SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TWO COMMUNITY THERAPEUTIC CENTRES UNDER PLANNING, ONE IN KENNEDY TOWN AND THE OTHER IN KWAI CHUNG, AND THESE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE ESTIMATED DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE.

+ BOTH OF THESE CENTRES WILL BE INDEPENDENT BLOCKS SEPARATED BY A ROAD FROM OTHER RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION, HE SAID,

MR HENDERSON STRESSED THAT CLIENTS OF THE CENTRES MUST BE STABLE BEFORE THEY WERE DISCHARGED, ON PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE, FROM MENTAL HOSPITALS INTO THE CENTRES, AND THEY WOULD BE UNDER CLOSE SUPERVISION AND CARE AS PREPARATION FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND RE INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY.

+SO WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE IR PRESENCE SHOULD HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON NEARBY RESIDENTS, HE SAID.

TYPHOON MEASURES ARRANGED WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS *****

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS WHEREBY BUSES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FOR AT LEAST THREE HOURS AND TRAINS FOR AT LEAST SIX HOURS AFTER TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 IS HOISTED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON HARNAM GREWAL, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PAULINE NG, MR GREWAL SAID THAT SUCH SERVICE EXTENSIONS, WHICH WERE PART OF THE MEASURES TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS DURING TYPHOONS, WOULD NOT APPLY TO FERRY SERVICES, NOR IF NO. 9 OR A HIGHER SIGNAL WAS HOISTED.

MR GREWAL SAID DIRECT COMMUNICATION LINKS WOULD BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS ONCE TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS UP, AND THE LATTER WOULD BE POSTED AT REGULAR INTERVALS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 BEING HOISTED.

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