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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 197
S.V.D. SETS UP 22ND SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT
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ANOTHER SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT, THROUGH WHICH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OPERATES ITS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES SCHEMES, HAS BEEN SET UP.
THE NEW FIELD UNIT IS THE 22ND OF ITS TYPE AND IS KNOWN AS THE TO KWA WAN SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT. IT IS LOCATED ON THE 17TH FLOOR OF THE KOWLOON CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING AT 405 NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
WITH THE SETTING UP OF THIS NEW FIELD UNIT CHANGES IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE MADE AS THIS UNIT WILL TAKE OVER PART OF THE CASES FROM THE YAU MA TEI AND MONG KOK FIELD UNITS..
THE TO KWA WAN SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT'S OPERATIONAL AREA WILL COVER MA TAU CHUNG, MA TAU WAI, HO MAN TIN, TO KWA WAN AND HUNG HOM. THIS MEANS THAT ANYONE LIVING WITHIN THE AREA BOUNDED BY PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, WATERLOO ROAD, WYLIE ROAD, GASCOIGNE ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD AND THE PRECINCT OF THE BLUE FUNNEL WHARF AND GODOWN WQHMUMKS TO APPLY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OR DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES SHOULD DO SO AT THIS NEW OFFICE.
THE OPERATIONAL AREA OF THE YAU MA TEI SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT IS BEING REVISED TO COVER TSIM SHA TSUI AND YAU MA TEI BOUNDED BY DUNDAS STREET, WYLIE ROAD, GASCOIGNE ROAD AND CHATHAM ROAD WITH THE PRECINCT OF THE BLUE FUNNEL WHARF AND GODOWN INCLUDED.
THE OPERATIONAL AREA OF THE HONG KOK SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT WILL THEN COVER MONG KOK AND TAI KOK TSUI BOUNDED BY BOUNDARY STREET, WATERLOO ROAD AND DUNDAS STREET.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THIS NEW FIELD UNIT WHICH HAS A STAFF OF 20, IS 3-884111, EXTENSION 390 AND 393.
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