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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987
HENCE, WE ARE TOLD THAT THE MORE RECENTLY BUILT THA ARE WITH IMPROVED FACILITIES LIKE SHOPS AND THAT ALL THAS ARE PROVIDED WITH INDEPENDENT WATER AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES.
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IN HER CONCLUSION, MRS NG SAID THAT IN PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE, THE GROUP WAS SATISFIED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD INDEED TAKEN GOOD INITIAL STEPS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF THE STREET SLEEPERS AND ALSO PLANNED FOR OTHER GROUPS OF THE HOMELESS.
"CERTAINLY THERE ARE ALWAYS ROOMS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT. THE SETTING UP OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON STREET-SLEEPERS AND THE PROPOSAL TO RUN TWO DAY-RELIEF CUM TEMPORARY SHELTERS ARE ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF GOVERNMENT TAKING ON THE ISSUE.
"I HOPE THE COMMITTEE WOULD CONTINUE THE WORK UNTIL THE COMMUNITY IS SATISFIED THAT THE PROBLEM OF STREET-SLEEPERS HAS BEEN REASONABLY CONTAINED. SHE SAID.
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PROBLEM OF STREET SLEEPERS CALLS FOR CONCERTED EFFORTS
THE PLANNING AND LONG TERN POLICY
THE PROBLEM OF STREET SLEEPERS CALLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AN OVERALL, INVOLVING THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITY, THE HON DAVID K.P. LI SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, MR Li SALD THAT AS A COMMUNITY HONG KONG COULD NOT REMAIN INDIFFERENT TO THE PLIGHT OF STREET SLEEPERS.
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'AN EDUCATION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IS NEEDED, AND THE PUBLIC MUST BE URGED TO SOUND THE ALERT TO CASES OF STREET SLEEPING.
MR LI SAID THERE WERE POSSIBLY 3,000 STREET SLEEPERS LIVING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG, AND HONG KONG AS A COMMUNITY CONDONED THIS GROWING HUMAN DESPAIR AND HUMILIATION THROUGH TOTALLY ASSISTANCE TO THEM.
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IN PARKS THEY ARE
"STREET SLEEPERS 'LIVE' BY ROADSIDES, UNDER FLYOVERS, AND PLAYGROUNDS, BY STAIRCASES, EVEN IN PUBLIC LAVATORIES. PREDOMINANTLY MEN, WHOSE AVERAGE AGE IS 49 YEARS. MOST HAVE NO FAMILY IN HONG KONG.
"WHILE SOME ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD HEALTH, MANY ARE DRUG ADDICTS, MENTALLY ок PHYSICALLY ILL, ALCOHOLICS, SENILE, AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. SOME ARE EMPLOYED. MOST ARE NOT.
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