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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992

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GOVERNOR URGES PUBLIC TO GIVE VIEWS ON REHABILITATION GREEN PAPER

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THE

GOVERNOR, WRITE IN

LORD

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WILSON, TODAY (FRIDAY)

ON GIVE THEIR VIEWS

THE

URGED HONG KONG

PAPER GREEN

ON

PEOPLE ΤΟ REHABILITATION.

CHENG

HAVE

ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PO LEUNG KUK Y.C. CENTRE IN SHA TIN, THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS KEEN TO

IN THE THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER WHICH REVIEWED POLICY REHABILITATION FIELD AND MADE PROPOSALS FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE SERVICES.

HE SAID THE Y.C. CHENG CENTRE WOULD BE THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND FOR MENTALLY IN HONG KONG, OFFERING 200 RESIDENTIAL AND DAY PLACES HANDICAPPED ADULTS.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD WORKED TO PROVIDE A WHOLE RANGE OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES, SHELTERED WORKSHOPS, DAY CENTRES AND HOSTELS, HE SAID.

TOGETHER. INCLUDING

SOCIAL

TO BECOME RESPOND

TRAINED THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT IN THE CENTRE, WORKERS AND NURSES WOULD HELP MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE MORE INDEPENDENT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES AND TO COMMUNICATE AND BETTER WITH OTHERS.

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"THEY CAN USE THE SKILLS THEY LEARN HERE WHEN THEY MOVE ON SHELTERED WORKSHOPS TO EARN SOME MONEY OF THEIR OWN, AN IMPORTANT STEP

LORD WILSON SAID. IN MAKING THEM FEEL MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT,

CARE,

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BUT REHABILITATION WENT BEYOND THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL

WERE NEEDED EFFORTS GOVERNOR

SPECIAL THAT ADDING SAID, INTEGRATE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THE

"WE NEED TO INVOLVE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN WHAT THE OF THE COMMUNITY DOES," LORD WILSON SAID.

REST

SOCIAL WORKERS SHOULD GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO AMONG THE COMMUNITY; EMPLOYERS SHOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SHOW THEY COULD DO, AND ALL OF US SHOULD GIVE THEM OUR ENCOURAGEMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

LIVE

WHAT

UNDERSTANDING

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