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MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1979
WELFARE PREMISES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES FOR PREMISES EARMARKED FOR WELFARE SERVICES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
PREMISES ARE RESERVED IN VARIOUS ESTATES FOR RUNNING NURSERIES, HOSTELS AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES AND HOSTELS FOR THE DISABLED.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS WRITTEN TO THE AGENCIES PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION ON WELFARE PREMISES IN EXISTING ESTATES AND THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR TO BE BUILT SHORTLY.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOUSING SOCIETY ON THE ALLOCATION OF WELFARE PREMISES IN THEIR ESTATES TO ENSURE A BALANCED PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN NEW TOWNS AND NEW ESTATES.
PREMISES WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 11,623 SQ. FT., WHICH ARE EARMARKED FOR SPECIFIED WELFARE SERVICES, ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN FOUR EXISTING ESTATES OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THEY ARE IN WAH FU ESTATE (4,345 SQ. FT. FOR A CHILDREN'S CENTRE), HING WAH ESTATE (1,730 SQ. FT. FOR A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY), WO CHE ESTATE (4,748 SQ. FT. FOR A CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRE), AND IN SHEK LEI ESTATE (800 SQ. FT. FOR A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY).
APPLICATIONS FOR THESE WELFARE PREMISES IN EXISTING ESTATES WILL BE PROCESSED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS AND SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT LEE GARDENS, FOURTH FLOOR, HYSAN AVENUE, HONG KONG.
OTHER WELFARE PREMISES WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF AT LEAST 124,000 SQ. FT. ARE ALSO RESERVED IN 24 HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTATES WHICH ARE EITHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR TO BE BUILT SHORTLY. APPLICATIONS IN THIS CATEGORY SHOULD REACH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
IN ADDITION, THE HOUSING SOCIETY WILL MAKE AVAILABLE A 1,300 SQ. FT. WELFARE PREMISES IN ITS CHO YIU CHUEN, TSUEN WAN, EARLY NEXT YEAR. APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE HOUSING SOCIETY. GENERAL POST OFFICE BOX 845, HONG KONG, NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30 THIS YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT, IN ORDER TO STANDARDISE APPLICATIONS AND TO FACILITIATE PROCESSING, CHANGES HAD BEEN MADE IN THE PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION.
IN APPLYING FOR A PREMISES TO RUN A PARTICULAR WELFARE PROJECT, AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS A COPY OF THEIR CONSTITUTION AND MEMBERSHIP, HE SAID.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE WELFARE PREMISES AND THE PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION (TEL. NO. 5-774659).
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