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SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1994

COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

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ADEQUATE

THE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES TO THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, THE DIRECTOR SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

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OF

MR

OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE HONG KONG FUNG YAT SOCIAL SERVICE COMPLEX,

OF THE COMPLEX STRACHAN SAID THE OPENING

WAS A STEP FURTHER TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE.

POLICY MR STRACHAN SAID THE GOVERNOR, IN HIS 1992/93

ADDRESS, EXPAND REHABILITATION SERVICES BY HAD PLEDGED TO

PROVIDING 1,688 2,360 SHELTERED WORKSHOP ADDITIONAL PLACES IN DAY ACTIVITY CENTRES,

A VIEW TO PLACES AND 4,071 RESIDENTIAL PLACES BY 1997 WITH

MEETING

THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PERSONS.

THE SUCCESS

OF

IMPLEMENTATION

OF

REHABILITATION

SERVICES

DEPENDS

HEAVILY ON THE

COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT OF THE

COMMUNITY.

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OVERCOME *WE MUST

PREJUDICE WITHIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE

WIDER THROUGH

PUBLIC GOVERNMENT IS TACKLING THIS PROBLEM VIGOROUSLY

WITH LOCAL EDUCATION, PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT AND A WILLINGNESS TO MEET COMMUNITIES TO RESOLVE ISSUES OF FEAR AND MISUNDERSTANDING,' HE SAID.

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PAYING TRIBUTE ΤΟ THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH SOCIAL SERVICE - HONG KONG FOR HAVING A LONG HISTORY OF WELFARE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1968, MR STRACHAN SAID THE ASSOCIATION HAD OVER THE YEARS EXPANDED ITS SCOPE OF SERVICE

UNITS, TO 21 SERVICE INCLUDING CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICE, SERVICE. CHILD-CARE CENTRES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, ELDERLY AND REHABILITATION SERVICE.

FACILITIES AT THE FUNG YAT SOCIAL SERVICE COMPLEX INCLUDE CHILD-CARE CENTRE, A DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE AND A HOSTEL.

A

HOSTEL

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING A DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE,

THE SECOND PHASE AND CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME, ARE BEING PLANNED FOR EXTENSION OF THE COMPLEX TO SERVE THE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.

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EMPLOYER FINED FOR SACKING PREGNANT EMPLOYEE

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE

HER EMPLOYER OF TO SACK A FEMALE WORKER AFTER SHE HAD NOTIFIED INTENTION TO TAKE MATERNITY LEAVE.

HER

LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MRS GRACE SHEK, GAVE THE TODAY (SUNDAY)

ADVICE

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