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MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1981
SIR MURRAY INSPECTED THE FACILITIES OF THE HOME INCLUDING ITS DORMITORIES, LIBRARY, ASSEMBLY HALL, RECREATION ROOMS, BASKETBALL COURT AND CLINIC.
WITH A CAPACITY FOR 144, THE MODERN COMPLEX OPERATES AS A COMBINED REMAND AND PROBATION HOME, AND REFUGE FOR GIRLS AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 18 YEARS.
EARLIER AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS, THE GOVERNOR ALSO LOOKED AT THE OPERATIONS OF THE PAYMENT CONTROL SECTION, WHICH SERVES AS THE NERVE CENTRE OF SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS WHICH IN 1980 AMOUNTED TO ABOUT $421 MILLION IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCES ALONE.
THE SECTION ARRANGES FOR POST DELIVERIES OF CASH COUPONS TO 44 500 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE CASES, PAYMENTS THROUGH BANKS' AUTOPAY SYSTEM TO 152 600 OLD AGE ALLOWANCE CASES AND 27 300 DISABILITY ALLOWANCE CASES, AND CASH RELIEF PAYMENTS FOR COLLECTION BY VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF BLANKETS ******
IN VIEW OF THE COLD WEATHER, STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ARE GOING OUT TO A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THIS (MONDAY) EVENING TO DISTRIBUTE BLANKETS TO STREET SLEEPERS.
THEY WILL TOUR THE DISTRICTS OF YAU MA TEI, MONG KOK, SHAM SHUI PO, WONG TAI SIN, KOWLOON CITY AND KWUN TONG TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN NEED.
MEANWHILE, MORE THAN 15 OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FIELD OFFICES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS HAVE MADE AVAILABLE BLANKETS FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING OFFICE HOURS TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM TO KEEP WARM.
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE ALSO IN HAND TO OPEN NINE COMMUNITY CENTRES FOR TEMPORARY SHELTER THROUGHOUT HONG KONG IN THE EVENT OF THE TEMPERATURE DROPPING TO 10 DEGREES CELSIUS OR BELOW.
BLANKETS AND SLEEPING BAGS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FROM AND PROVIDED IN THESE CENTRES FOR PEOPLE WHO COME TO MAKE USE OF THE FACILITIES.
THE FIELD OFFICES WITH BLANKETS FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING OFFICE HOURS ARE :
HONG KONG ISLAND
WAN CHAI FIELD UNIT AT 194 LOCKHART ROAD- CAUSEWAY BAY FIELD UNIT AT CAUSEWAY BAY MAGISTRACY BUILDING AND ABERDEEN FIELD UNIT AT 48 ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD.
/KOWLOON - SHAM