In view of a growing trend of children being abandoned, the Government yesterday appealed to parents to seek help if they had problems caring for their disabled children.
But social workers criticised the Government for not doing enough to make parents of handicapped children aware of the support services available.
The claims came as police launched a search for the parents of a disabled child whose mother did not collect her from the Ebenezer Training Centre for the blind and mentally handicapped at Pok Fu Lam two months ago.
The 13-year-old girl, Wong Yin-sum, is now in the care of a centre financially supported by the Social Welfare Department.
The mother, Wong On-yuet, a divorcee, reportedly called the centre the day she disappeared and said she was in the mainland on missionary work.
She also sent the centre her daughter's clothing after the phone call. The girl is blind and mentally handicapped.
