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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1987
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS VISIT THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
THE
SERVICES
PROMOTING
ORGANISATIONS TO
KWAI TSING DISTRICT REHABILITATIVE COMMITTEE TODAY (FRIDAY) ORGANISED A TOUR FOR LOCAL VISIT MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE WORKING OR LIVING IN THE DISTRICT.
OF AREA COMMITTEES, AND THE DISTRICT BOARD'S
WERE MEMBERS VISIT TAKING PART IN THE MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, YIN NGAI SOCIETIES COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
FROM THESE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS MORE THAN 30 REPRESENTATIVES
OF LIVING OF THE MENTALLY JOINED THE VISIT TO LEARN ABOUT THE WAY
EDUCATION HANDICAPPED AT THE SHEK YAM PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE HOSTEL, THEIR
AND THEIR PROGRAMME AT THE SAM SHUI NATIVES ASSOCIATION THIRD SCHOOL WORK IN THE KWAI HING WORKSHOP.
PROMOTE
PUBLIC AWARENESS
THE SERVICES,
ON
AND
PROMOTING SCHOOL TERM.
HEALTH MENTAL то
SERVICES REHABILITATIVE REHABILITATION COMMITTEE WILL ORGANISE AN ESSAY COMPETITION IN THE NEW A CHARITY WALK IN NOVEMBER AND FUN FAIR IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
PRESS CONFERENCE TO RELEASE SURVEY FINDINGS
**
A PRESS CONFERENCE
THE
THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD ON MONDAY (JULY 6) TO ANNOUNCE THE FINDINGS OF A SECOND SURVEY ON FEE REDUCTION SCHEME FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT.
ABOUT 500 OLD IN AND INTEREST
INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE DISTRICT WITH
OUT TO FIND
THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME.
PEOPLE
4,300
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME IN JUNE 1985, ABOUT
AGED OVER 60, REPRESENTING ENTITLEMENT CARDS WERE ISSUED TO PEOPLE ABOUT SEVEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ELDERLY POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT.
THE
IMPROVE THE SCEHEME BASED ON
INFORMATION
THE DISTRICT BOARD WILL CONSIDER WAYS TO
PARTICIPATION RATE AND TO INCREASE GATHERED FROM THIS AND A PREVIOUS SURVEY.
THE
AT PRESENT, THE SCHEME OFFERED FEE REDUCTION TO THE ELDERLY
PARTICIPATING DOCTORS,
MAXI-CABS.
DENTISTS,
DISPENSARIES,
LABORATORIES
BY
AND
/CHAIRING THE
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