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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1980
MORE WELFARE PREMISES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR PREMISES EARMARKED FOR WELFARE PURPOSES IN 18 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
THIRTY-EIGHT PREMISES, WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF OVER 16 100 SQUARE METRES, HAVE BEEN RESERVED FOR SUCH PURPOSES. THEY VARY IN SIZES FROM 93 TO 1 680 SQUARE METRES.
OF THESE PREMISES, 12 ARE INTENDED FOR SOCIAL CENTRES AND THREE FOR HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY THREE FOR CLUBS, TWO FOR HOSTELS AND TWO FOR SHELTERED WORKSHOPS FOR THE DISABLED- 11 FOR CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES- AND FIVE FOR NURSERIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THIS LATEST INFORMATION ON WELFARE PREMISES HAD BEEN PASSED TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR FOREWARD PLANNING.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT REGULARLY LIAISED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ON THE ALLOCATION OF WELFARE PREMISES TO ENSURE A BALANCED PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
PREMISES WHICH ARE NOW RESERVED ARE EITHER IN EXISTING ESTATES OR IN ESTATES UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR TO BE BUILT SHORTLY, AND ARE ALL EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE BEFORE 1985-86.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID TWO PREMISES FOR RUNNING SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WERE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE SHEK LEI ESTATE IN TSUEN WAN AND LAM TIN ESTATE IN KWUN TONG.
PREMISES WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 15 600 SQUARE METRES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN 16 ESTATES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR TO BE BUILT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE SAID.
THESE ESTATES ARE IN AP LEI CHAU ON HONG KONG ISLAND, NGAU TAU KOK, WONG TAI SIN AND KWUN TONG IN KOWLOON, AND IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, SHEUNG SHUI, TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREMISES SHOULD REACH, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 15, 1980, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN THẺ WORLD TRADE CENTRE, 19TH FLOOR, AT 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, HONG KONG.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREMISES OR APPLICATION PROCEDURES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION (TEL NO 5-774659),
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