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THE STORY OF AH CHOY

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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1991

A STREET SLEEPER

KEI WAN FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD AH CHOY HAD BEEN A STREET

SLEEPER IN SHAU

BECAUSE OF

ΤΟ HIS SEVERE SHUNNED BY HIS FRIENDS AND

A PROPER JOB AND HE NEVER HAD MODERATE GRADE MENTAL RETARDATION, WAS NEIGHBOURS.

STREET SLEEPERS CHOY HAS BEEN

OF OFFICERS FROM A HOWEVER, WITH THE HELP OUTREACHING TEAM OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AH FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE COMMUNITY AS AN USEFUL MEMBER.

SERVING

HE IS NOW WORKING AS A VOLUNTEER THE DEPARTMENT'S ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE.

DISABLED

PEOPLE AT

OUTREACHING

US IN 1984 to #IS

RECALLING THE PLIGHT OF AH CHOY, THE LEADER OF THE TEAM, MR LEE WO-PING, SAID: "THE CASE WAS FIRST KNOWN TO BUT WE FAILED MANY TIMES IN OFFERING SERVICES TO AH CHOY DUE MOTHER'S INSISTENCE THAT THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

MEMBERS OF THE

TEAM MADE

FOUR YEARS

LATER

A BREAKTHROUGH AFTER THE DEATH OF AH CHOY'S MOTHER, AND HAD SINCE ESTABLISHED REGULAR THE FACT THAT HE CONTACTS AND A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM DESPITE COULD UTTER ONLY A FEW WORDS, MR LEE SAID.

OF

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ACCOMMODATION CENTRE

THE CARE IN MID-1988, HE

TEMPORARY A "WE PLACED HIM IN ABERDEEN REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR EMERGENCY SAID,

MAJOR

EFFORTS OP

ACHIEVEMENT STAFF OF

HAD THE

MR LEE SAID ANOTHER RESULT OF PERSISTENT OUTREACHING TEAM MEMBERS.

BEEN MADE AS A CENTRE AND THE

WAS FOUND ΤΟ

AND

HAS RELATIONS HAVE BEEN MAKING CHANGED HIS UNCO-OPERATIVE ATTITUDE TO BECOME MORE ACCESSIBLE.

"FOLLOWING HIS ADMISSION TO THE CENTRE, AH CHOY

"AFTER

GRADUAL

IMPROVEMENT

IN HUMAN

RECEIVING OUR COUNSELLING

AND

TRAINING APPROPRIATE SELF-CARE SKILLS AND DURING THESE YEARS, AH CHOY HAS PICKED UP SOME

CHANGING CAN NOW TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF, SUCH AS IN BATHING HIMSELF AND CLOTHES," HE SAID.

THE MR LEE SAID THE TEAM WAS PROUD OF

REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT SERVING MADE BY AH CHOY, WHO WAS WORKING AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE CENTRE GROUPS OF DISABLED RESIDENTS.

"HE IS REHABILITATION HOME.

NOW

TOTALLY ADAPTED

ΤΟ

THE

DAILY

LIFE

IN

A

"WE CONSIDER HIS IMPROVEMENT AN ASSET TO HIS

MR LEE SAID. TO A DAY ACTIVITIES CENTRE AND HOSTEL,

FUTURE

PLACEMENT

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