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social work student intake in the next triennium starting in 1984-65. The Polytechnic will also commence its social work degree course from 1983-24. The manpower shortage cannot be resolved in the immediate future but, with these measures, situation should improve.

53.

(c) Rehabilitation

International The

Year of Disabled

us with provided

an opportunity to focus attention on the problems of the disabled;

the

education public

PerGons (IYDP)

community's

the

and the momentum of

programme designed

to increase the

community' awareness of the capabilities, needa, aspirations and rights of the disabled generated during the International Year is being maintained.

54.

services

In the provision of medical and social rehabilitation

口吃 and

training special education and

for

the

disabled, the Governmont intends to maintain. steady progress. By 1986, each regional hospital will have attached to it one modical rehabilitation centre providing specialist in-patient By the end of the docade, the number of residential

care

treatment.

tripled

and

quadrupled

and day respectively. Pre-school training and spacial education and

vocational

will have placoa

training places

will

also have

been incroised

aubstantially and we should be within sight of attaining all our targeta by the early 1990s.

55.

Chau

to

a

The provision of servicės for the mentally-ill has attracted much public concern following the tragic Un Street incident of 3rd June. The working party set up

of mentally review

disturbed the handling

with persons diaposition to violence, with special emphasis on the adequacy of the various after-care services discharged mental pationts into our community, id expected to report shortly. The Government will give urgent attention

its findings.

the for

integration

of

to

/(a) Medical