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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1900

"FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED LAST DECEMBER BY THE BUREAU, THIS WOULD REPRESENT A FURTHER CONTRIBUTION FROM EXPORTERS то THE NEGOTIATIONS AND, HOPEFULLY, WOULD BECOME THE BLUEPRINT FOR FUTURE WORLD TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING," HE SAID.

"TO THIS END, THIS WEEK'S MEETING OF THE ITCB IN HONG KONG IS MOST TIMELY. THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY ENTAIL A LOT OF HARD THINKING WHEN THOSE AROUND THIS TABLE TRY TO THRASH OUT DETAILS OF THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT, HE SAID.

THE MEETING, WHICH WILL RUN UNTIL FRIDAY (MAY 25), IS BEING ATTENDED BY SOME 50 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 19 MEMBERS OF THE ITCB, INCLUDING HONG KONG.

THE ITCB WAS SET UP IN 1985 то CO-ORDINATE AND PROMOTE ACTIVITIES LEADING TO THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTIONISM DIRECTED AGAINST MEMBERS' EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING, AND TO ASSIST MEMBERS IN ENSURING THAT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE MFA ARE EFFECTIVELY PRESERVED.

CONCERTED EFFORTS NEEDED IN REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL

REQUIRES

SUCCESS IN THE REHABILITATION OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, CONCERNED VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AND DEDICATED MEMBERS OF VARIOUS RELATED PROFESSIONS.

SAID

PSYCHIATRIC

AND

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD

AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION SYMPOSIUM ASSOCIATION REGIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE.

DEVELOPMENTS RECENT MRS WONG EXPLAINED BRIEFLY REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL IN HONG KONG.

SOME

IN

THE

SHE SAID REHABILITATIVE

A DECADE, LAST DURING THE

BEEN ESTABLISHED SERVICES HAD PROGRAMMES AND

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, FACILITATE THE INTEGRATION OF THOSE WHO HAD RECOVERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WIDE

RANGE

OF

ΤΟ

INCLUDING

HAD

GRADUALLY

SUCH PROGRAMMES MRS WONG SAID THE EMPHASIS OF SHIFTED FROM INSTITUTIONAL CARE TO COMMUNITY CARE.

THE

SERVICES FOR MENTALLY ILL CARE THE COMMUNITY "TO IMPROVE

FACILITY: PERSONS, WE HAVE, SINCE 1989, ESTABLISHED TWO TYPES OF PURPOSE-BUILT HALF-WAY HOUSE AND THE LONG STAY CARE HOME."

/MRS WONG