SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1979
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+ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL PREMISES WOULD BE POSSIBLE ONLY FROM WITHIN THE CENTRE AND SHOP FRONTS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO FACE OUTWARDS INTO ADJACENT STREETS OR LANES. ALL FRANCHISES FOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, SUCH AS THE BOWLING ALLEY, RESTAURANT AND ROLLER SKATING RÍNK, WOULD BE LET BY OPEN TENDER, HE SAID.
800 MORE INSTITUTIONAL PLACES FOR THE ELDERLY
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OVER 800 ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONAL PLACES FOR THE ELDERLY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.
OF THESE, ABOUT 500 PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED NEXT MONTH WITH THE OPENING OF ONE NEW HOME, TWO NEW HOSTELS AND THE EXPANSION OF ANOTHER HOSTEL. THEY ARE THE KWONG YAM HOME FOR THE AGED IN KWUN TONG, THE YU WAN HOSTEL IN CHAI WAN. THE NAM SHAN HOSTEL IN SHAM SHUI PO AND THE YAU TONG HOSTEL EXTENSION.
ANOTHER 340 PLACES WILL BE AVAILABLE BY THE END OF NEXT MARCH WHEN THREE OTHER NEW HOSTELS FOR THE AGED ARE READY FOR OCCUPATION.
ALL THESE NEW INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGED ARE RUN BY VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES WITH SUBSIDIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND ARE PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
BY THE END OF NEXT MARCH THERE WILL BE 40 INSTITUTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY PROVIDING 4 550 PLACES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE GOVERNMENT, APART FROM PROVIDING MORE RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR OLD PEOPLE IS ALSO WORKING TOWARDS THE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE AGED.
+THREE NEW MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES PROVIDING HOME HELP, MEALS, LAUNDRY AND SPECIAL TRANSPORT SERVICES AND TWO DAY CARE CENTRÉS HAVE BEEN SET UP SO FAR THIS YEAR, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, ABOUT 20 SOCIAL CENTRES HAVE COME INTO OPERATION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE AGED. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SOCIAL CENTRES BY THE END OF NEXT MARCH WILL BE 39.
+ALL THESE ARE GEARED TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY THROUGH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE COMMUNITY,✦ HE SAID.
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