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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1987
'GREEN LIGHT" FOR DRUG COUNSELLING CENTRE
THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE (HKCS) HAS BEEN GIVEN "GREEN LIGHT" BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS (ACAN) TO A COUNSELLING CENTRE FOR PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSERS.
THE
RUN
AT THE 65TH MEETING OF ACAN TODAY (THURSDAY), MEMBERS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AND ACCEPTED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICE TO TAKE ON THE THREE-YEAR PILOT PROJECT AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3.1 MILLION.
THE CENTRE IS AIMED AT POTENTIAL, OCCASIONAL AND REGULAR AND THE PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSERS. DEPENDING ON THE TYPES OF CLIENT DEGREE OF ABUSE, IT WILL PROVIDE DRUG INFORMATION, COUNSELLING, CRISIS INTERVENTION, EARLY MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, CRISIS MEDICAL REFERRAL SERVICES.
MONITORING
AND
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT FACILITIES WILL PROVIDE SUPPORTING SERVICES FOR MORE SEVERE CASES.
AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT
THE LOTTERIES FUND OR THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WILL NOW BE MADE BY THE HKCS.
FROM
IF THE APPLICATION IS SUCCESSFUL, IMPLEMENTED TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE PROJECT WILL BE
THE MEETING WAS TOLD THAT THREE LOCAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WERE
RECOMMENDED INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT. THE HKCS WAS
BECAUSE OF ITS GOOD TRACK RECORD IN PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES AND ITS EXPERIENCE COUNSELLING YOUNG PEOPLE. THE HKCS HAS ITS OWN OUTREACH YOUTH TEAM SOUTH KOWLOON.
AND
IN
IN
DRUG
OF REHABILITATION HOWEVER, THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID ABUSERS HAD CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT.
USE ITS SHA TSIM
TSUI
THE HKCS HAS ALSO THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE ΤΟ EXISTING PREMISES CENTRALLY LOCATED IN GRANVILLE ROAD, WITH READILY AVAILABLE MEDICAL SUPPORT IN THE SAME BUILDING.
MR BE VIA
GARETH MULLOY, THE SAME
то DOOR
EXPLAINED OTHER
THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS,
CENTRE WOULD THAT ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE.
"THIS SHOULD REMOVE THE DANGER OF ARISE IF THEY HAD TO USE A SEPARATE ENTRANCE,
EMBARRASSMENT WHICH WILL
HE SAID.
BE
AND
HE ADDED THAT EXPERIENCED STAFF WILL
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
THE DAY-TO-DAY RUNNING OF
CENTRE, LEADING THERAPEUTIC GROUPS CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH COUNSELLING WHERE NECESSARY.
/"THE PILOT
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