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WEDNESDA1, RIL 17, 1985
IN THE CASE OF MAN KAM TO, HE SAID, MOST OF THE NEW FACILITIES DUE TO BE AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR, WOULD SIMPLY NOT BE MANNED, WHILE THE TRAFFIC WOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
+AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE TEMPORARY FACILITIES THERE INCLUDE FOUR KIOSKS FOR CHECKING VEHICLES AND 14 COUNTERS FOR CHECK ING PASSENGERS, OF THESE, THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS NOW ONLY ENOUGH STAFF IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAN TWO KIOSKS AND FOUR COUNTERS MOST OF THE TIME ALTHOUGH FOR SHORT PERIODS IF THE TRAFFIC REALLY BUILDS UP THE DEPARTMENT CAN MANAGE A MAXIMUM OF THREE KIOSKS AND SIX COUNTERS.
+ THE NEW FACILITIES TO BE READY IN DECEMBER WILL INCLUDE 12 KIOSKS AND 28 COUNTERS. AS I SAY MOST OF THEM WILL HAVE TO REMAIN EMPTY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL STAFF THERE CAN BE NO QUESTION OF EXTENDING THE HOURS IN WHICH THE TERMINAL IS OPEN, EITHER, HE SAID.
AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, MR JEAFFRESON SAID, I DOUBT IF WE CAN PURSUE MRS RITA FAN'S IDEA OF INTRODUCING CHARGES AT MAN KAM TO AND LO WU NOW.
+OUR INTENTION HAS BEEN NOT TO CONSIDER MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION UNTIL THE NEW FACILITIES AT BOTH MAN KAM TO AND LO WU ARE READY.
+BUT WE WILL NOW GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING WITH A SMALLER CHARGE EARLIER AS THE SERVICES AT THE VARIOUS CONTROL POINTS IMPROVE, HE SAID.
HOUSING PROBLEMS OF ELDERLY STUDIED ***
AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN SET UP TO LOOK INTO THE HOUSING PROBLEMS OF THE ELDERLY, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO LIVE IN BOARDING HOUSES IN SUB-STANDARD PRIVATE TENEMENT BLOCKS IN THE OLDER URBAN DISTRICTS THE SO-CALLED +CAGED-MAN+, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
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SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED BUDGET DEBATE, HE SAID, +1 AGREE THAT THE MOST SATISFACTORY LONG TERM SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM IS THE REHOUSING OF THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HOUSING OR IN THE VARIOUS TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED FOR THE ELDERLY, BUT CLEARLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS AIM IMMEDIATELY AND I THINK WE SHOULD SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE INTERIM TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN THESE BOARDING HOUSES.+
HE SAID