With the aim of combatting the fear and misconceptions surrounding mental illness, Castle Peak Hospital’s Mind Space museum enables visitors to experience hallucinations, similar to the sensory experiences mentally ill patients encounter, by way of rooms that utilise virtual reality (VR) technology. A group of secondary students recently embarked on a journey through Mind Space after registering and receiving patient wristbands. This unique mental health experience museum provided them with a comprehensive understanding of the development of psychiatric services in Hong Kong. Displays in the museum showcase intriguing relics, including the evolution of restraints and handwritten patient records. Additionally, the students were given the opportunity to explore a mock protection room designed to provide a calming environment for patients. Furthermore, students could learn about the scientific aspects behind the causes of mental illness at the Brain Tour zone. One of the
The Environmental Protection Department today announced the approval of 20 applications for green transport trials under the New Energy Transport Fund.
They include the trials of 10 electric light goods vehicles, two electric tractors, nine single-decker electric buses and six electric motorcycles, involving a total subsidy of about $25.3 million.
The latest approval brings the total number of trials under the fund to 227, amounting to a subsidy of about $190 million.
Set up in 2011, the fund is open for applications from transport operators and charitable and non-profit making organisations providing transport services to clients.
Transport operators and organisations applying to try out green innovative technology products are subject to a maximum subsidy of $10 million for each application and a total of $12 million for each applicant.
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