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OTHER FINDINGS INDICATED THAT 99.6 PER CENT COLLECTED THE IR ALLOWANCE THROUGH BANKS' AUTOPAY SYSTEM, AND THEIR AVERAGE LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG WAS 26.7 YEARS, HE ADDED.
OLD AGE ALLOWANCE IS A NON-MEANS TESTED MONTHLY PAYMENT OF $140 AS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR A FAMILY TO LOOK AFTER AN ELDERLY MEMBER'S SPECIAL NEEDS. BASIC LIVING IS MET BY PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
MR ALLEYNE SAID THAT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WERE EXPANDING ON ALL FRONTS, PARTICULARLY INSTITUTIONAL CARE.
HE SAID 17 CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY WERE PLANNED TO PROVIDE 2 300 EXTRA PLACES BY MID-1980'S.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE EXISTING PROVISION OF 3 000 PLACES IN OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 1985-86, WHILST AN EXTRA 5 000 HOSTEL PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED BY 1989.
MR ALLEYNE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SPONSORING BODY OF THE TWO PO CHING HOMES, THE HEUNG HOT CHING KOK LIN ASSOCIATION, FOR ITS SERVICES OF LODGING, MEALS, RECREATION AND PERSONAL CARE TO OLD
PEOPLE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN, THE REV KWOK KWONG, HE INSPECTED THE FACILITIES OF THE HOMES WHICH TOGETHER LOOK AFTER 225 ELDERLY PEOPLE.
EDUCATION ADVISER VISITS NEW TERRITORIES
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PROFESSOR PETER WILLIAMS, WHO IS IN HONG KONG TO ADVISE THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SPENT A WHOLE DAY TODAY (TUESDAY) GOING ROUND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
PROFESSOR WILLIAMS, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, WAS FIRST BRIEFED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI KAM, ON FUTURE EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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HE THEN TRAVELLED TO TSUEN WAN FOR A TOUR OF VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND A BRIEFING BY THE TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER, MR LO CHAI-WAN. MAJOR PROJECTS,
MAJOR PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY EXTENSION AND THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS, WERE EXPLAINED.
IN TUEN MUN, PROFESSOR WILLIAMS WAS BRIEFED BY ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS SARAH WU, ON PROJECTS INCLUDING THE TEMPORARY PIER FROM WHICH SERVICES TO MEI FOO SUN CHUEN AND CENTRAL WILL BEGIN IN A FEW MONTHS.
AFTER LUNCH AS GUEST OF THE DISTRICT JOHNSON, PROFESSOR WILLIAMS TOURED TAI PO PROGRESS IN ATTRACTING LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VENTURES THERE WERE OUTLINED BY THE CHIEF ESTATES CORPORATION, MR VIC MILLER.
OFFICER NORTH, MR PETER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHERE COMPANIES TO SET UP EXECUTIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL
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