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THE SECTION PROVIDES DAY CARE AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES TO 112 BABIES WHILE THE WORKSHOP CATERS FOR 60 HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
SIR DAVID THEN VISITED THE PUI CHI BOYS' HOME OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TRAINING FOR 60 BOYS AGED SEVEN TO 14 WHO HAD BEEN SENT THERE EITHER UNDER PROBATION ORDER OR CARE AND PROTECTION ORDER.
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HOME, MR TSANG YIU-CHO, BRIEFED SIR DAVID ON THE TRAINING PROGRAMME. THE EMPHASIS OF WHICH IS ON PREPARING BOYS FOR EVENTUAL RETURN TO NORMAL SCHOOLING.
HE ALSO TOURED THE PREMISES AND CHATTED WITH BOYS PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS CLASSES INCLUDING FOLK DANCE, MODEL-MAKING, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND BASKETBALL TRAINING.
SIR DAVID THEN WENT TO THE BAPTIST OF KWAN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE WHICH HE OPENED IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY FOR CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN 1982.
HE TOURED THE SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE BUILDING WHERE A GROUP OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WERE LEARNING ENGLISH WHILE ANOTHER GROUP WAS HAVING THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE TAKEN.
SIR DAVID FINALLY VISITED THE LILY VALE COMMUNITY COFFEE SHOP IN THE CENTRE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE USUALLY GATHER FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENING.
CHIEF SECRETARY LOOKS AT WORK OF EPD
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MR DAVID FORD, THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW IT OPERATES AND HOW HONG KONG IS TACKLING THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION.
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART REED, AND SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS.
MR FORD WAS GIVEN A GENERAL VIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT'S MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES SINCE ITS REORGANISATION AND EXPANSION IN APRIL LAST YEAR.
THESE INCLUDE