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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1987
THE DAY RELIEF CENTRE WILL PROVIDE OUTREACHING SERVICE, INCLUDING FOOD DELIVERY AND COUNSELLING: PERSONAL CARE SERVICE SUCH AS BATHING, HAIR-CUTTING, FREE CLOTHING AND ESCORTING SERVICE FOR APPLICATION FOR IDENTITY CARDS, MEDICAL TREATMENT OR OTHER REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AS ADVISED BY MEDICAL DOCTORS OR MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS.
CENTRE STAFF WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LIAISING WITH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS HOSPITALS, CLINICS OR VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO WORK OUT LONG-TERM WELFARE PLANS FOR CLIENTS WHO WILL BE PROVIDED WITH TRANSIT ACCOMMODATION IN THE TEMPOARY SHELTER.
MRS CHAN SAID THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE RUN BY A VOLUNTARY AGENCY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
+SUBJECT TO EVALUATION, THIS MAY BECOME A LONG-TERM PROVISION,+ SHE SAID.
MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO LIAISING WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO DISCUSS HOW THEIR EXISTING FACILITIES FOR STREET SLEEPERS CAN BE PUT TO BETTER USE.
+ IN ADDITION, A STEERING GROUP WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO CO-ORDINATE PROGRAMMES IN THIS AREA, TO MONITOR PROGRESS AND TO LIAISE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
+ HOWEVER, SOME CO-ORDINATION AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL IS CLEARLY DESIRABLE SINCE THE PROBLEMS FACING STREET SLEEPERS CALL FOR THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS,+ MRS CHAN SAID.
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THIRTY-SIX MONG KOK RESIDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING BRAVERY AND INITIATIVE IN COMBATING CRIMES RECEIVED THE 1986 GOOD CITIZEN AWARDS TODAY (SATURDAY).
NOTING THAT THE FIGURE WAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, MR CHAN LAI-SANG, SAID THAT IT SHOWED THAT MONG KOK PEOPLE HAD BECOME MORE READY AND DETERMINED TO WIPE OUT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.
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