Checkpoint. 1988-03-22

Checkpoint programme starts after the news and short weather forecast.
1. Former psychiatric patients are facing a housing crises which health professionals are blaming directly on a policy of getting mentally ill people out of hospital and into the community as soon as possible.
Report by Mark Champion
Rowena Donald, Baptists City Mission, Auckland
Dr Peter McGeorge, Auckland Chairman, Council of Psychiatrists
2. The Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Julius Chan, has called for a Pacific peacekeeping force - largely made up of troops from Australia and New Zealand.
Report by Bronwen Evans
Bob Tizard, Minister of Defence
Richard Herr, Pacific Specialist, University of Tasmania
3. In the past few days the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, fighting for independence from Ethiopia, has launced a major offensive.
Report by Kelvin Dick
Basil Davidson, British Writer