SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1981
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APPLICATIONS FOR WELFARE PREMISES INVITED ******
SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMUNITY CENTRES ARE TO RECEIVE A MAJOR BOOST AS A RESULT OF MORE THAN 10 000 SQUARE METRES OF PREMISES BEING RESERVED FOR WELFARE USE.
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND INTERESTED BODIES ARE NOW INVITED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE PREMISES, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S TAI YUEN ESTATE IN TAI PO AND 13 OTHER ESTATES DUE FOR COMPLETION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ADDITIONAL PREMISES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE HOUSING SOCIETY'S LAI TAK ESTATE AND IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S FUTURE TAI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY): +TO BE IN LINE WITH THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ON SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENABLE MORE REALISTIC PLANNING, ONLY THOSE PREMISES WHICH WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE 1986/87 AND WITH KNOWN LOCATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE LATEST LIST OF WELFARE PREMISES.+
THE LIST HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR PLANNING AND EARLY APPLICATION.
THE PREMISES, RANGING IN AREA FROM 93 TO 1 760 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE USED FOR EIGHT SOCIAL CENTRES, FIVE HOSTELS, ONE DAY CARE CENTRE AND ONE MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY,
OTHER SERVICES PLANNED INCLUDE THREE CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES, TWO CHILDREN'S CENTRES, TWO NURSERIES, ONE SPECIAL CHILD CARE CENTRE, ONE HOME-CUM-WORK ACTIVITY CENTRE FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED, ONE DAY WORK ACTIVITY CENTRE FOR THE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADULTS AND ONE HOME FOR THE MODERATELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADULTS.
ONE OF THE LARGEST PREMISES RESERVED FOR WELFARE PURPOSES, WITH AN AREA OF 1 760 SQUARE METRES, IS EARMARKED FOR A HOSTEL FOR 160 ELDERLY PEOPLE AT THE FUTURE TIN SAM ESTATE IN SHA TIN.
ANOTHER HOSTEL, WITH AREA OF 1 500 SQUARE METRES, IS PLANNED AT THE TAI WOR HAU REDEVELOPMENT ESTATE, ALSO TO CATER FOR 160 OLD PEOPLE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREMISES SHOULD REACH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE, 19TH FLOOR, AT 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR.
HE SAID