FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
PRIVATE CAR REGISTRATIONS IN NOVEMBER
*****
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED PRIVATE CARS TOPPED 188 000 AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF ALMOST 27 400 CARS OR 17 PER CENT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
THIS COMPARES WITH A RISE OF ABOUT 19 900 OVER THE 12 MONTHS ENDED NOVEMBER, 1979.
THE NUMBER OF NEW CARS REGISTERED DURING NOVEMBER WAS 3 105 AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS WHICH LAPSED WAS 770.
THIS MEANT A NET INCREASE OF 2 335 REGISTRATIONS AND BROUGHT THE OVERALL TOTAL TO 188 252.
ACCOUNTS FOR OCTOBER
*****
THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS FOR OCTOBER 1980 PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY SHOW A SURPLUS FOR THE MONTH OF $2 444 MILLION.
THIS WAS ENTIRELY DUE TO AN EXCEPTIONAL LEVEL OF RECEIPTS FROM LAND SALES OF $2 729 MILLION.
MAJOR SOCIAL WELFARE PLANS FOR SHA TIN NEW TOWN
*****
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID TODAY MAJOR SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENTS FOR SHA TIN IN THE 1980'S WOULD BE FOCUSSED ON CHILD CARE, SERVICES FOR OLD AND DISABLED PEOPLE, AND GROUP AND COMMUNITY WORK.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE $1 MILLION WO CHE COMMUNITY HALL, HE SAID PLANS WERE IN HAND FOR AT LEAST 19 NURSERIES AND CRECHES, AS WELL AS SEVEN HOSTELS, ONE MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE AND NINE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE NEW TOWN.
IN ADDITION, HE SAID, PROVISION IS PLANNED FOR TWO COMMUNITY CENTRES, NINE COMMUNITY HALLS, 16 CHILDREN'S CENTRES AND 17 YOUTH CENTRES AS FOCAL POINTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
MR ALLEYNE SAID THE GROWING POPULATION OF SHA TIN SUGGESTED THERE WOULD ALSO BE MORE DISABLED PERSONS REQUIRING REHABILITATION FACILITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
TWO RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION INSTITUTIONS, TWO SHELTERED WORKSHOPS AND A SPECIAL CHILD CARE CENTRE ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED TO MEET THE NEED, HE SAID,
/+THESE FLANS