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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1983
BETTER DAYS AHEAD FOR MADAM NG
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JULY 29 WAS A DARK DAY FOR MADAM NG YUN-FONG. HER HUSBAND. THE FAMILY BREADWINNER, DIED IN A FALL AT A SHA TIN CONSTRUCTION SITE.
MADAM NG WAS THEN EXPECTING HER SECOND CHILD IN ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME, AND HAD TO LOOK AFTER HER 18-MONTH OLD SON AT THE SAME TIME, AND SHE COULD NOT AFFORD THE RENT OF THE ROOM IN SHAM SHUI PO WHERE THE FAMILY WERE LIVING.
BUT, WITH HELP FROM RELATIVES, AND STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, THINGS ARE NOW BETTER FOR HER.
SHE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED A NEW HOME IN CHAK ON ESTATE IN SHAM SHUT PO, UNDER THE COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING SCHEME, AND HAS BEEN RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SINCE EARLY AUGUST.
LAST MONTH, MADAM NG GAVE BIRTH TO A GIRL. DURING HER CONFINEMENT, SHE RECEIVED SOME DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
MADAM NG AND HER HUSBAND HAD COME TO HONG KONG FROM CHINA SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THEIR FIRST CHILD WAS BORN HERE IN SEPTEMBER 1981.
WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED IN JULY, MADAM NG HAD VERY LITTLE MONEY LEFT. A BURIAL GRANT OF $3 000 WAS IMMEDIATELY GIVEN TO HER. TO HELP HER MEET RENT PAYMENT AND BUY THINGS FOR HER SECOND CHILD, ADDITIONAL CASH GRANTS OF MORE THAN $1 200 WERE MADE TO THE FAMILY FROM THE LI PO CHUN CHARITABLE TRUST FUND.
AT THE SAME TIME, COUNSELLING SERVICE WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO HER.
LUNCH-TIME MUSIC RENDEZVOUS IN WAN CHAI ***
THE +LUNCH-TIME MUSIC RENDEZVOUS+, WHICH HAS PROVED TO BE POPULAR AMONG OFFICE-WORKERS IN WAN CHAI, WILL BE STAGED AGAIN.
ON EIGHT CONSECUTIVE TUESDAYS STARTING ON OCTOBER 4, THE SESSION WILL BE HELD AT THE WAN CHAI SAILORS' AND SOLDIERS' CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRE BETWEEN 12.30 PM AND 1.45 PM.
A WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PROJECT WOULD PROVIDE A VENUE FOR WORKING YOUTHS IN THE DISTRICT TO RELAX AND ENJOY MUSIC WHILE HAVING LUNCH.
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