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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1986

+WE SHOULD BE MORE CONFIDENT AND HAVE FIRMER BELIEF IN

DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL OF OUR COMMUNITY STEP BY STEP SO THAT IT CAN ACCEPT THE RECOVERED MENTAL PATIENTS AND GIVE THEM THE ASSISTANCE THEY DESERVE, FOR THEY ALSO BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY, + HE ADDED.

MR LAW SAID HE WOULD CONTINUE TO APPEAL TO PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO GIVE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THIS

INDISPENSABLE JOB.

TURNING TO THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, HE SAID IT WAS PLANNED TO PROVIDE ENOUGH HALFWAY HOUSE PLACES IN THREE YEARS' TIME. THE PLACES IN THE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS WOULD BE INCREASED AND THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WOULD START PROVIDING SERVICES TO MEET THE DEMAND.

IN ADDITION TO THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, MR LAW SAID THE PARTICIPATION OF MORE PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS THE CO-OPERATION AND HELP OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS WERE ALSO NEEDED.

+GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND MORE HELP FROM OTHER SOCIAL WORKERS CAN ALSO QUICKEN THE PACE OF THE PROGRESS.

+THE PATIENCE AND HELP OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE EX-MENTAL PATIENTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL, HE SAID.

MR LAW ADDED THAT IT WAS HEARTENING TO SEE MANY PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF SERVICE AND TO BRING ABOUT IMAGINATIVE APPROACHES.

MR LAW ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION FOR PROVIDING MORE THAN HALF OF THE HALFWAY HOUSE AND SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES NOW AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG.

REGISTRATION REVOKED

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THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING ANNOUNCED THAT THE REGISTRATION OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES AS DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES HAS BEEN REVOKED TODAY AT THE IR OWN REQUEST UNDER SECTION 31(2) OF THE BANK ING ORDINANCE 1986:

CROCKER INTERNATIONAL (H.K.) LIMITED

VERNES ASIA LIMITED

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