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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1993

"BY DE-MYSTIFYING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, WE HOPE TO CULTIVATE A POSITIVE PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS.

"COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS INDISPENSABLE FOR ACHIEVING

INTEGRATION

"

AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE PEOPLE, SHR SAID.

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS TAKING PART IN ORGANISING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, BAPTIST OI KWAN SOCIAL SERVICE AND NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK INCLUDE A SEMINAR ON "CARE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL HELPING HANDS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY" TO BE OPENED BY MRS PATTEN AT THE HONG KONG SCIENCE MUSEUM, AND OPEN DAYS AT THE KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL AND THE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL.

AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND DISTRICT BODIES, WILL ORGANISE A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS, TALKS AND FUN DAYS.

COPIES OF A PAMPHLET CONTAINING DETAILS OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE MENTAL HEALTH WEEK ARE NOW AVAILABLE FREE-OF-CHARGE AT DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

61 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN AUGUST

THE BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT APPROVED AUGUST THIS YEAR.

61 NEW BUILDING

PLANS IN

OF THESE, 20 WERE FOR HONG KONG, 12 FOR KOWLOON AND 29 FOR NEW TERRITORIES.

APPROVED

21

FOR

THE

APARTMENT,

AND

PLANS THE

INCLUDED APARTMENT/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, 14 FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS 16 FOR FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

FOR WORK TO START ON 24 IN THE MONTH, CONSENTS WERE GIVEN PROJECTS, INVOLVING 21,297 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA AND 29,696 SQUARE METRES OF USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.

THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS

$1,870 MILLION.

FLOOR USABLE

COMPLETED WAS ABOUT

AREAS OF THE BUILDINGS FOR NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE 64,686 SQUARE METRES AND 46,378 RESPECTIVELY.

AND DOMESTIC SQUARE METRES

OCCUPATION

AND EIGHT KOWLOON.

PERMITS

FOR THE

11

NEW

IN AUGUST, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED 22 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND,

FOR THREE

TERRITORIES.

/IN ADDITION,

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