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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1975
+OUR DIVISION CAN ALSO ARRANGE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN OR OLD PEOPLE AFFECTED, IN A DISPUTE TO BE TEMPORARILY HOUSED IN THE APPROPRIATE INSTITUTIONS, WHENEVER THERE IS A NEED FOR IT,+ MR. FUNG SAID. +IMMEDIATE CASH RELIEF CAN ALSO BE ARRANGED IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.+
AS FROM MAY THIS YEAR, THE FAMILY SERVICES DIVISION HAS CENTRALISHED COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR ALL MARITAL PROBLEMS, WHICH ALSO USED TO BE AVAILABLE FROM THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
ADVICE ON MARRIAGE PROBLEMS, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER FAMILY MATTERS RANGING FROM PROBLEM GIRLS TO ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN, CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S FOUR DISTRICT OFFICES AND NINE FAMILY SERIVCES CENTRES ESTABLISHED ALL OVER HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. SUCH SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM A NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY FAMILY SERVICE AGENCIES.
ACTING CHAIRMAN OF PUBLIC SERVICES
COMMISSION APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR. JOHN J. SWAINE AS THE ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION DURING THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF SIR RONALD HOLMES.
SIR RONALD, WHO LEAVES HONG KONG ON JULY 8 FOR TWO MONTHS VACATION, IS EXPECTED TO RETURN AT THE END OF AUGUST.
MR. SWAINE, WHO WILL FILL IN THE GAP DURING SIR RONALD'S ABSENCE, WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION AS A TEMPORARY MEMBER IN MAY 1974 AND BECAME A PERMANENT MEMBER TWO MONTHS LATER.
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