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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1981
SOCIAL WELFARE DIRECTOR INSPECTS WELFARE SERVICES
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, TODAY (TUESDAY) INSPECTED THE WELFARE SERVICES OF A GIRLS' CENTRE, AN OLD PEOPLE'S HOSTEL AND A PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IN ABERDEEN.
CONTINUING HIS SERIES OF VISITS TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, HE FIRST CALLED ON THE MARYCOVE CENTRE, A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTRE RUN BY THE GOOD SHEPHERD SISTERS FOR GIRLS WITH PERSONAL OR FAMILY PROBLEMS.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, SISTER MARY ANTIGUA, AND COORDINATOR, SISTER MARY DUNNE, MR ALLEYNE TOURED THE CENTRE WHICH ADMITS 200 ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN NEED OF CARE OR PROTECTION,
THE CENTRE PROVIDES FREE RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR GIRLS AGED 12 TO 18 YEARS REQUIRING A TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, DAY CARE SERVICE FOR THOSE UNABLE TO STUDY IN REGULAR SCHOOLS, AND HOSTEL SERVICE FOR GIRLS WITHOUT SUITABLE HOMES.
THE DIRECTOR LEARNED THAT THROUGH INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP AND INDIVIDUALISED TREATMENT, THE CENTRE HELPS THE GIRLS TOWARDS FAMILY RECONCILIATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY.
MR ALLEYNE LATER CALLED AT THE WAI KEI OLD PEOPLE'S HOSTEL RUN BY THE HONG KONG AND MACAU LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND THE APLEICHAU PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE RUN BY THE HONG KONG SPASTICS ASSOCIATION FOR DISABLED CHILDREN,
HE WAS GREETED BY PRESIDENT OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH, THE REV A. ESPEGREN, AND OTHER OFFICIALS AT THE HOSTEL WHICH CATERS FOR 107 ELDERLY PEOPLE PROVIDING MEAL SERVICE, RESIDENTIAL CARE AND ORGANISED ACTIVITIES.
AT THE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE, HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN, THE REV ERIK KVAN, AND STAFF AT THE CENTRE. THE CENTRE PROVIDES BOTH DAY CARE SERVICE AND RESIDENTIAL TRAINING FOR MULTIPLE-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AGED UP TO SIX YEARS. ITS CAPACITY
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SECOND PUMPING STATION IN LOWER SHING MUN
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THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS TO BUILD A SECOND LOWER SHING MUN PUMPING STATION TO BOOST THE DAILY SUPPLY OF RAW WATER TO TSUEN WAN AND SHEK LEI PUI TREATMENT WORKS BY FOUR TIMES TO ALMOST 250 000 CUBIC METRES BY EARLY 1983.
THE CHIEF ENGINEER (RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT) OF THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, MR LEUNG KWOK-WAI SAID, THE NEW PUMPING STATION, COSTING $8.5 MILLION, WILL HAVE A DAILY OUTPUT OF 182 000 CUBIC METRES.
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