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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1987

SOME

TO SET

THE

TO THE

ARGUING AGAINST SUCH ATTITUDE, SHE ASKED: "EVEN IF CLIENTS MAY HAVE VIOLENT PROPENSITIES, WOULD IT NOT BE BETTER UP A HALF-WAY HOUSE AS A SAFETY VALVE FOR BOTH THE CLIENTS COMMUNITY THAN TO DISCHARGE THEM DIRECTLY FROM HOSPITALS COMMUNITY?"

AND

"NOW THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS DOCTORS TO CLEARLY STATE THE HISTORY OF CLIENTS' IF ANY, AND TO RECORD THE DEFINITE PERIOD HAVE BEEN FREE FROM SUCH BEHAVIOUR HOUSES.

ALL REFERRING VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR, WHICH THE CLIENTS IN THEIR REFERRALS ΤΟ HALF-WAY

DURING

NOW IN A CONFIDENTLY BE

"WITH DETAILED RECORDS, AGENCIES CONCERNED ARE POSITION TO DECIDE WHO ARE THE ONES THAT MAY REHABILITATED IN THEIR HALF-WAY HOUSES," MRS WONG SAID.

CARE,

FOR DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS NEEDING MORE INTENSIVE SHE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE CARED FOR UNDER A DISPERSAL WHICH ONLY A GROUP OF NOT MORE

MODEL IN THAN 10 OF SUCH REHABILITATED IN A PURPOSE-BUILT HALF-WAY HOUSE OF 40 PLACES.

CLIENTS WOULD BE

"THESE HALF-WAY HOUSES ARE CUSTOM-BUILT FACILITIES AND ADDITIONAL MANPOWER TO MINIMISE THE

RELAPSE,

SHE SAID.

WITH SPECIAL POSSIBILITY OF

HOUSES OF IS

GOING

WHICH ΤΟ

THE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING 11 SUCH HALF-WAY THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION OPERATE THREE IN KOWLOON.

BETWEEN 1986 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987, SEVEN NEW HOUSES HAVE COME INTO EXISTENCE OF WHICH FOUR

ASSOCIATION.

ARE

RUN BY

HALF-WAY THE SAMR

MRS WONG PAID TRIBUTE ΤΟ THE ASSOCIATION EFFORTS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1959 TO PIONEER A WIDE SPECTRUM

FOR ITS UNTIRING SERVICES FOR THE DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS, ITS ACTIVE ROLE THE FORMULATION OF POLICY AND IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RELATION TO WELFARE PROVISIONS TO DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT, DAILY TRAINING, HOUSING INSTITUTIONAL CARE.

OF BOTH IN PROJECTS IN SUCH AS OR LONG TERM

THE ASSOCIATION IS PLANNING TO SET UP ADDITIONALLY TWO HOSTELS, FIVE HALF-WAY HOUSES, TWO SHELTERED WORKSHOPS, AN FOR DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS AND TWO LONG STAY COMING THREE TO FOUR YEARS.

CARE

ACTIVITY CENTRE

HOMES

IN THE

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