THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935
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VOLUNTEERS TO RUN WELFARE PREMISES SOUGHT *****
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO OPERATE WELFARE PREMISES IN NEW HOUSING ESTATES AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS.
THIRTEEN SITES, RESERVED AS NURSERIES AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, WILL BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
WITH A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 4 300 SQUARE METRES, THESE PREMISES WILL BE LOCATED IN SEVEN HOUSING ESTATES AND THREE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS PLANNED FOR CHUK YUEN, LAM TIN, JUNK BAY, TSING YI, KWAI FONG, SHA TIN, MA ON SHAN, KORNHILL GARDEN, HUNG HOM AND SHAU KEI WAN.
TEN OF THE PREMISES WILL BE USED AS NURSERIES AND THE REST AS SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY.
A LIST OF THE PREMISES HAS BEEN SENT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR THEIR INFORMATION.
APPLICATIONS FROM INTERESTED AGENCIES SHOULD REACH THE DEPARTMENT AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE, 19TH FLOOR, 280 GLOUCESTER ROAD, ON OR BEFORE JULY 15, 1985.
+SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO SUBVENTIONS OR LOTTERIES FUND GRANTS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
+SEPARATE APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE MADE IN DUE COURSE AND EACH CASE WILL BE CONSIDERED ON ITS OWN MERITS,+ HE ADDED,
PLACEMENT SERVICE SET UP FOR TEACHERS ****
THE ANNUAL EXERCISE OF PLACING REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS INTO NEW POSTS HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH THE SETTING UP LAST WEEK OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE UNIT BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE UNIT IN OPERATION FOR THREE MONTHS EVERY YEAR, IS STAFFEU BY OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SCHOOLS DIVISION.
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