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DRAFT SPEECH BY DR HON CHIU HIN KWONG, OBE
22 6 88 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 1987
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My medical colleagues are glad to note that most of their comments on the first draft of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill published in 1986 have been incorporated into the present Bill. Therefore, they have a general feeling that this Bill is a great improvement compared to the last one.
However, many of my colleagues in the mental health service expect me to stress some areas which congern them. These include: the definition of mental disorder, a separate bill for the mentally handicapped, police power and manpower shortage in mental health service.
Definition of Mental Disorder
The definition of mental disorder, taken with the agreed committee stage amendments, is acceptable since the bill will now apply only to the mentally ill and those mentally handicapped with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct.
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Separate Bill for the Mentally Handicapped
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In regard to a separate bill for the mentally handicapped, the mental profession have no strong feeling for believe or against the idea. They beleive that the number of mentally handicapped who fall into the ambit of the Bill is relatively small. Sir, what concern them most is whether there will be any better and more adequate services than what we have today after the introduction of a separate bill.
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