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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1907

SHOULD A CAR OWNER DISAGREE WITH THE RESULT OF A TEST, НЕ CAN APPEAL TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR A FRESH, INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION.

APPOINTMENT

"TO AVOID UNNECESSARY INCONVENIENCE, CAR OWNERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR VEHICLES CHECKED AND REPAIRED BEFORE THE INSPECTION WITH CAR TESTING CENTRES, THE SPOKESMAN URGED.

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FOR ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CALL 6-200933.

MORE SHELTERED WORKSHOPS TO BE PROVIDED

EIGHTEEN SHELTERED WORKSHOPS WITH ABOUT 2,500 PLACES WILL BK PROVIDED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE DISABLED + THE REGIONAL SOCIAL WORK OFFICER (NEW TERRITORIES), MR CARLOS LEUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR LEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY FOR THE "TUEN MUN '87: TOWARDS BETTER MENTAL HEALTH" CAMPAIGN AND OPEN DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY BAY SHELTERED WORKSHOP.

MR LEUNG NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN ACTIVELY PROVIDING REHABILITATIVE SERVICES IN CO-OPERATION WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THAT SHELTERED WORKSHOP WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPES OF SERVICES.

"THESE WORKSHOPS CATER FOR BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE TO HELP THEM BUILD UP THEIR WORKING CAPACITY AND CONFIDENCE AND PREPARE THEM TO RETURN TO EMPLOYMENT," HE SAID.

"AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 28 SHELTERED WORKSHOPS IN HONG KONG, WITH 11 OPERATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE OTHER 17 BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, PROVIDING ABOUT 3,000 PLACES, HE ADDED.

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THE BUTTERFLY BAY SHELTERED WORKSHOP, WHICH STARTED OPERATION IN NOVEMBER 1985, PROVIDES 160 PLACES MAINLY FOR RESIDENTS IN TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG. IN ADDITION TO JOB TRAINING PROVIDED BY WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS, COUNSELLING SERVICES AS WELL AS SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO ARRANGED BY SOCIAL WORK STAFF FOR THE WORKERS.

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*APART FROM DIRECT REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, COMMUNITY EDUCATION IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT IN THE PREVENTION OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, MR LEUNG SAID.

TOWARDS

THROUGH A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES, THE "TUEN MUN '87 BETTER MENTAL HEALTH" CAMPAIGN HAD HELPED RESIDENTS TO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND TO LEARN TO COPE WITH THE PRESSURE OF THE HECTIC LIFE-STYLE OF HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

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