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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1988

II MOTHERS ACCEPT REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENT

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE "ILLEGAL

"I

TODAY (SATURDAY) AGAIN MET IMMIGRANT MOTHERS WHO EXPRESSED ARRANGEMENT то REPATRIATE THE

THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WOMEN TO CHINA BY TWO GROUPS ON JANUARY 25 AND 26.

SUCH AS ANSWERED

AT THE MEETING, QUESTIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY RAISED DOCUMENTATION OF CHILDREN AND REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENTS WERE BY MR JOHN YEUNG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CONTROL AND INVESTIGATIONS).

HE HAD MADE ENQUIRIES ON MR YEUNG ADVISED THEM THAT

THEIR TOLD THAT THE HUSBANDS BEHALF WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND WAS

SHENZHEN BEFORE IN WIVES

RETURNING

THEIR COULD PICK UP THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES OF ORIGIN.

ΤΟ

ON THE

DIFFICULTIES

BY EXPRESSED

THE

REPRESENTATIVES IN AGREED TO REFLECT THEIR APPLYING TO COME TO HONG KONG, MR YEUNG CONCERN DURING WORKING CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES. HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT THE ISSUE OF ONEWAY PERMITS CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

WAS A MATTER FOR THE

MEANWHILE, THE "ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANT

CONTINUE REPORTING TO ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOGNIZANCE CONDITIONS.

THE IMMIGRATION

MOTHERS DEPARTMENT

NEW TYPE OF HALF-WAY HOUSE PLANNED

ARE REQUIRED TO TWICE WEEKLY IN

PATIENTS HAS BEEN WHO NEED MORE EXISTING HALF-WAY CHAMBERS, SAID

A NEW TYPE OF HALF-WAY HOUSE FOR EX-MENTAL PLANNED TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR THOSE INTENSIVE CARE AND WHO CANNOT BE ADMITTED INTO THE HOUSES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR JOHN TODAY (SATURDAY).

MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE

NEW KIND HONG KONG'S KWONG FUK HALF WAY HOUSE, MR CHAMBERS SAID THIS

BE

PROVIDE HOUSE WOULD

PURPOSE

AND BUILT

WOULD OF HALF-WAY

REQUIRED EITHER RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES FOR EX-MENTAL PATIENTS WHO THE NORMAL TYPE OF CARE AND MORE EXTENSIVE CARE.

AS THE DISPERSAL MODEL, HAS "THIS APPROACH, WHICH IS KNOWN

MORE SERVICES BEEN ADOPTED BY A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AS IT ALLOWS FOR

AND IT AND STAFF TO BE PROVIDED FOR THOSE PATIENTS WHO REQUIRE THEM, ALSO PROMOTES MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AMONGST THE PATIENTS,

HE SAID.

HALF-WAY HOUSES SHOULD "IT IS INTENDED THAT 11 PURPOSE BUILT

WILL BE BE PROVIDED BY 1992/93, AND ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE COMPLETED RUN BY THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG," HE ADDED.

/MR CHAMBERS