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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1993

UK HEALTH SECRETARY VISITS BOYS' HOME

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UK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH, THE ᎡᎢ HON BOTTOMLEY THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S PUI CHI BOYS' HOME,

MRS VIRGINIA SOCIAL WELFARE UNDER THE

A GAZETTED INSTITUTION PROBATION OF OFFENDERS ORDINANCE FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS.

SOCIAL WELFARE,

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MRS LOUISE WONG, MRS BOTTOMLEY TOURED THE THREE-STOREY BUILDING SHE MET RESIDENTS IN GROUPS LEARNING MUSIC AND COOKING.

WHERE

FOR

MRS WONG TOLD HER THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING SERVICES OFFENDERS WAS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS BY SOCIAL WORK METHODS.

COURTS ON THE

THESE ARE DONE THROUGH PROBATION SUPERVISION, SERVICE ORDERS, RESIDENTIAL TRAINING AND AFTERCARE SERVICES.

"THE AIM IS ΤΟ REINTEGRATE OFFENDERS INTO THE MRS WONG ADDED.

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY, rt

TRAINING FOR OF 420

INCLUDING THE PUI CHI BOYS' HOME, RESIDENTIAL YOUNG OFFENDERS IS PROVIDED IN SIX INSTITUTIONS, WITH A TOTAL PLACES.

RESIDENTIAL PERIODS USUALLY RANGE FROM SIX TO TRAINING PROGRAMMES SUCH AS ACADEMIC STUDIES AND TRAINING AND SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMMES ARE PROVIDED.

12 MONTHS. PREVOCATIONAL

GROUP OF BOYS AND A GIRLS' IN THE

MRS BOTTOMLEY WAS IMPRESSED WHEN SHE MET A LEARNING COMPUTER-AIDED ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP PREPARING FOR VISITS TO SICK CHILDREN PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL.

SHE ALSO WATCHED A VIDEO ON THE HOME'S SERVICE HELPING SINGLETON OLD PEOPLE. THE BOYS JOINED A GROUP HANDICAPPED YOUTH TO CLEAN THE HOMES OF THE ELDERLY AND OUT FOR FUN.

BEFORE WINDING UP THE VISIT, MRS BOTTOMLEY DEPARTMENT FOR RUNNING A COMPREHENSIVE RESIDENTIAL PROBATION SERVICE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS, AND EMPHASISING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

PROJECT IN

OF MENTALLY BROUGHT THEM

PRAISED THE TRAINING AND ON LINKAGE

BY THE

"STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE HOME WERE ENCOURAGED SECRETARY'S SUPPORT FOR OUR THERAPEUTIC APPROACH EMPHASISING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, MRS WONG NOTED.

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