TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1979
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MR. HO SAID THAT THE HOME HELP SERVICE WOULD BE EXPANDED AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ESTABLISH DAY CARE CENTRES ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS.
+MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES ARE BEING PLANNED SO THAT THE ELDERLY WOULD HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A RANGE OF SERVICES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, TO THEIR HOMES AT LEAST SEVEN SUCH CENTRES WILL BE PROVIDED BY 1980/81, HE SAID.
MR. HO SAID INSTITUTIONAL CARE WILL ALSO BE EXPANDED. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES: 1 400 ADDITIONAL PLACES ARE PLANNED FOR BY 1982/83.
+AN ADDITIONAL 1 600 PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN HOMES FOR THE AGED BY 1982/83. THESE PLACES WILL SUPPLEMENT THE EXISTING 34 ELDERLY RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAVE A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 3 700.
+THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PROVIDE SOME OF THESE SERVICES DIRECTLY SO THAT THE TARGETS IN THE WHITE PAPER MAY BE ACHIEVED EARLIER.+
APPEAL FOR STUDENTS' SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S WARD
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TODAY (TUESDAY) APPEALED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S WARD*
IN THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM BY MAKING ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
THIS WARD OF 10 COTS IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KINDS IN HONG KONG AND THE DONATIONS FROM SCHOOLS ARE FOR CHILDREN THERE WHO NEED MEDICAL CARE AND ATTENTION.
+LAST YEAR, SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTED A SUM OF ABOUT $266 960 – A SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT AND A CREDIT TO ALL CONCERNED, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
HE SINCERELY HOPED THAT SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT FOR OVER 20 YEARS WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS WARD BY INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EFFORTS.
+ INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD AGAIN BE LIMITED TO 50 CENTS AND MUST BE ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY, BUT SCHOOLS MAY CONSIDER VARIOUS OTHER WAYS AND MEANS OF RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS PRAISEWORTHY CAUSE,+ THE DIRECTOR SAID.
SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE SENT, PREFERABLY BY CROSSED CHEQUES PAYABLE TO THE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS AND THORACIC DISEASES ASSOCIATION, TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY (GENERAL) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO THE ASSOCIATION. ENVELOPES SHOULD BE MARKED +ANTI-T.B.+.
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