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Mrs. Rosanna Tam referred to the need to study
the impact of changes in population distribution when
considering the provision of welfare services. Planning
of such services in general, and in particular for the new
towns, already takes account of the demographic
characteristics of each area Examples of this are
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nurseries, children and youth centres, elderly centres and
outreaching social work. In the case of outreaching
social work, account is taken of the size of the youth
population and the crime rate, as well as the population
density of the service area. However, experience points
to the need be rather more flexible in welfare planning
and we have already made a start by adopting such an
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approach in the planning ratio of children and youth
centres, and a similar approach may be possible for other
welfare facilities such as social centres for the elderly.
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Mrs. Tam also pointed out the need to pay
special attention to the needs of certain groups in new
towns, such as young housewives and single parent
families. I believe that social workers are generally
sensitive to the social problems of people moving into new
residential areas and programmes are provided to meet the
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specific needs of the more vulnerable groups, very often
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by mobilizing local resources.