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SECTION 718 OF THE BILL WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ABUSE THE POLICE THE POWER OF ARBITRARY ARREST, HE SAID.

AS IT GAVE

THE BILL CARRIED AN OMINOUS THREAT то HUMAN RIGHTS INTO DRACONIAN ACTIONS BY PERSONAL LIBERTY THAT MIGHT DEVELOP POLICE IN TIMES OF CRIS19.

AND

THE

MR HUI ALSO SAID THAT SOCIAL WORKERS WERE BOUND BY PROFESSIONAL

THE COMMUNITY ETHICS TO PROTECT

AGAINST PRACTICES AND CONDITIONS HARMFUL TO HUMAN WELFARE.

THEREFORE IT

WAS HIS RESPONSIBILITY

что SPEAK UP FOR THE THE ROLE OF THE

REPEALING OF 718 OF THE BILL, WHICH WAS RELATED TO POLICE IN TAKING MENTAL PATIENTS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

RESTRICTED

I WOULD ESPOUSE THE "IF, HOWEVER, THIS SECTION MUST REMAIN, BAR ASSOCIATION'S STANCE THAT THE POLICE RIGHT OF ENTRY BE TO PUBLIC PLACES, HE SAID.

IN IMMEDIATE NEED IN THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO APPEARED TO BE

BIS OWN ABODE, ENTRY INTO OF CARE AND CONTROL BEING FOUND IN

HIS PRESENCE OF A MEDICAL PREMISES BY THE POLICE SHOULD BE MADE IN THE

PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE, A PRACTITIONER WITH THREE YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL WORKER OR A COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSE.

ΤΟ

SUBJECTIVE CONSTABLE TO A

"FURTHERMORE, THE POLICE OFFICER EXERCISING THE POWER OUGHT BE AN INSPECTOR IN RANK, IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THE

THE PART AND UNTRAINED REACTIONS ON

OF A COMPLICATED SITUATION," HE SAID.

THE SOCIAL

WORK

POLICE

MR HUT ADDED THAT

DEMURRED CIRCLE

ΤΟ THE THE APPLICANT PROVISION FOR THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO ACT AS FOR GUARDIANSHIP AS WELL AS THE INTERIM GUARDIAN FOR MENTAL PATIENTS.

WHILE

ACKNOWLEDGING

THE

1

EXPLANATION

GIVEN

BY

THE AND

TO THE * JUDGE AND JURY' PRINCIPLE ADMINISTRATION, WE OBJECT

BT THE DISTRICT COURT TO THE PREFER A SECOND OPINION TO BE GIVEN GUARDIANSHIP INITIATED AND GRANTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, HE SAID.

T+

HE

WENT ON

TO SAY

TEL

SHOULD

ADOPT

THAT THE

BY

MUCH OF THE SOCIAL CARRY AN

WILLCH

BILL RESTED TOO DECISION-MAKING POWER IN MEDICAL PERSONNEL, ALTHOUGH THE CARE A MENTALLY

HOLISTIC APPROACH INTEGRATION, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SHOULDE MUCH WEIGHT AS MEDICAL TREATMENT.

THEREFORE,

THERAPEUTIC

THE PROVISION OF A WIDE RANGE OF CARING AND! SERVICES OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL SUCH AS COMMUNITY

SERVICE, HALFWAY HOUSES, PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

VOCATIONAL TRAINING, HOUSING AND SOCIAL CLUBS WERE SOLUTIONS To

SHELTERED WORKSHOPS,

COMPASSIONATE

ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES THAT COULD PROVIDE LONG-TERM

THE CARE OF THE MENTALLY ILL.

/HE SUGGESTED