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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1979
WELFARE PLANS FOR YAU MA TEI-MONG KOK DISTRICT
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S REGIONAL OFFICER FOR WEST KOWLOON, MR. LU YU-HUA, TODAY (FRIDAY) SPOKE OF PLANS FOR THE EXPANSION OF WELFARE SERVICES IN THE YAU MA TEI-MONG KOK DISTRICT.
SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE TSIM SHA TSUI LIONS CLUB.
MR. LU SAID THE PLANS WOULD PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND WELFARE SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED, THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.
THEY INCLUDE A COMMUNITY HALL AND A SHELTERED WORKSHOP FOR THE DISABLED IN PAK TIN, A COMMUNITY CENTRE AS WELL AS YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S CENTRES IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND YAU MA TEI, A TRAINING CENTRE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED YOUNG PEOPLE AND MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES FOR THE AGED.
MR. LU EXPLAINED THAT THE YAU MA TEI-MONG KOK DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVELY COVERS TSIM SHA TSUI AND TAI KOK TSUI AS WELL. THE TOTAL POPULATION IN THE AREA IS 400,000.
AT PRESENT, HE SAID, THE DISTRICT IS SERVED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THROUGH ITS 25 SERVICE UNITS WHICH INCLUDE FOUR FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES, SIX SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNITS, FOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICES AND A COMMUNITY CENTRE,
+THE SIX SOCIAL SECURITY FIELDS UNITS, BETWEEN THEMSELVES, ARE PAYING OUT $2 MILLION EACH MONTH TO ABOUT 4,600 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASES, $1.5 MILLION TO SOME 15,000 OLD AGE ALLOWANCE CASES, AND $300,000 TO 1,500 DISABILITY ALLOWANCE CASES, HE SAID.
MR. LU SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS SPENDING ABOUT $1.2 MILLION A DAY ON SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS, AND THE YAU MA TEI-MONG KOK DISTRICT ALONE ACCOUNTED FOR $120,000.
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OLD PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID, HAVE NOT GIVEN UP THE IR CLAIMS TO THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE AS THE NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS REPRESENTS OVER 95 PER CENT OF THE DISTRICT'S POPULATION AGED 70 AND OVER.
TOPPING OUT CEREMONY OF TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN WAN CHAI
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THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. DAVID MCDONALD (FRIDAY) OFFICIATED AT THE TOPPING OUT CEREMONY OF THE TANG SHIU KIN VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN MORRISON HILL.
MR. MCDONALD DESCRIBED THE CEREMONY AS A MILESTONE IN THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
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