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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992

CONCERTED EFFORTS ESSENTIAL TO REHABILITATION SERVICES

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CONCERTED

EFFORTS

BY THE GOVERNMENT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL IMPROVE AND ORGANISATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE ESSENTIAL TO FURTHER

FORD, DEVELOP REHABILITATION SERVICES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

NUMBER OF SERVICE

SIR DAVID MADE THE REMARKS WHEN VISITING A

ORGANISATIONS UNITS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVIDING SERVICES TO MENTAL PATIENTS.

IN THE

HANDICAPPED MENTALLY

PERSONS

EAST KOWLOON, AND DISCHARGED

REHABILITATION

TO

PLANNED TO PROVIDE

PEOPLE HANDICAPPED

AN

IN

THE

ADDITIONAL OF

COMING

THREE

"WE HAVE BEEN ATTACHING GREAT IMPORTANCE SERVICES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS 2,600 PLACES FOR MENTALLY YEARS.

DONE TO

WE

MEET SHOULD

THE NEEDS OF THE THIS A MAKE

HIGH

BE "BUT MUCH MORE NEED TO

AND

BELIEVE I MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PRIORITY IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID,

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ACCOMPANIED

BY

THE

ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL 88 KWUN TONG WELFARE, MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, FIRST TOURED PO LEUNG KUK 88

CATER FOR MODERATELY WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL AT TSUI PING ESTATE, WHICH MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

DURING THE TOUR, HE WAS BRIEFED ON WORKSHOP AND HOSTEL.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE

THE WORKSHOP PROVIDES SHELTERED WORK FOR

NORMALLY CANNOT

BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITY, COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT.

DISABLED PEOPLE WHO ENTER INTO OPEN AND

HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE

THERE WORK

AND CALLED ON

BUSINESS

COMMUNITY TO GIVE THEM JOB.

THE WORKSHOP

A HAS

HOSTEL

PROVIDING ATTACHED

RESIDENTIAL

PROVISION FOR THEM WHO ARE UNABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY THEN PROCEEDED TO KOWLOON UNION CHURCH JI DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE (DAC) CUM HOSTEL AT PO LAM ESTATE TO SEE HIMSELF HOW THE DAC PROVIDED DAY CARE, AND WORK TRAINING TO LOW-MODERATE AND ADULTS.

WAI

FOR

SIMPLE OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

SIR DAVID ALSO TOURED THE HOSTEL, WHICH PROVIDES ACCOMMODATION, RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT PERSONAL AND NURSING CARE, AND TRAINING TO THE BE ADEQUATELY CARED FOR BY THEIR OWN MEANS OR BY THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

SIR

DAVID'S

LAST STOP

WAS

THE

CHRISTIAN FAMILY

SERVICE

PATIENTS AT TSUI LAM CENTRE'S TSUI LAM HOUSE FOR DISCHARGED MENTAL ESTATE, TSEUNG KWAN O WHERE HE SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THERE.

/HE WAS