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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1979.
WELFARE PREMISES RESERVED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES FOR PREMISES RESERVED FOR SPECIFIC OR GENERAL WELFARE PURPOSES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
PREMISES HAVE BEEN RESERVED OR WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS ESTATES FOR RUNNING CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES
NURSERIES, HOSTELS AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, CLUBS FOR THE DISABLED AND HOSTELS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED.
THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION HAS WRITTEN TO THE AGENCIES PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH PREMISES IN EXISTING ESTATES AND THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR SHORTLY TO BE BUILT.
THE SECTION, IN CLOSE LIAISON WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOUSING SOCIETY, MONITORS THE ALLOCATION OF WELFARE PREMISES FOR DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCIES' PROJECTS TO ENSURE A BALANCED PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN NEW TOWNS AND NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
AT PRESENT, PREMISES WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 36,700 SQ. FT. ARE AVAILABLE IN NINE EXISTING ESTATES FOR CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY TO MEET A GROWING NEED IN THE ESTATES.
OF THESE, THE LARGEST PREMISES IS AT FU SHAN ESTATE WITH A FLOOR SPACE OF 7,000 SQ. FT. RESERVED FOR RUNNING A CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRE.
ANOTHER PREMISES, COVERING 6,000 SQ. FT. AT NAM SHAN ESTATE (PHASE (C) IS ALSO FOR A CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRE.
THE OTHER SEVEN PREMISES HAVE FLOOR AREAS RANGING FROM 1,425 SQ. FT. TO 5,310 $Q. FT. AND ARE AVAILABLE IN HING WAH, LAI KING, LAI YIU, SHEK LEI, WAH FU, WO CHE AND TAI HING ESTATES.
FOR GENERAL WELFARE PURPOSES, SPACES WITH A TOTAL AREA OF OVER 28,200 SQ. FT. HAVE BEEN RESERVED IN 11 EXISTING ESTATES.
APPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE PREMISES IN EXISTING ESTATES WILL BE PROCESSED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS.
IN ADDITION, A LARGE NUMBER OF PREMISES FOR RUNNING NURSERIES, HOSTELS AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE AGED, CLUBS FOR THE DISABLED HOSTELS FOR THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND YOUTH CENTRES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ESTATES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR TO BE BUILT SHORTLY. APPLICATIONS FOR THESE PREMISES SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE MARCH 31.
ON TOP OF THESE, PREMISES HAVE BEEN RESERVED IN THE HOUSING SOCIETY'S CHO YIU CHUEN IN KWAI CHUNG FOR OLD PEOPLE'S HOSTELS CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES AND NURSERY. VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WISHING TO APPLY SHOULD SEND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE HOUSING SOCIETY, GENERAL POST OFFICE BOX 845, HONG KONG BEFORE MARCH 31.
APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION ON ALL THESE WELFARE PREMISES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION (TEL. 5-773249).
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