SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1987
CO-ORDINATING
A CENTRAL
AND WELFARE
SOCIAL
THE
WELFARE, SECURITY
WAS
THE
URBAN BRANCH
COMMITTEE ON STREET SLEEPERS THEREFORE SET UP IN MAY THIS YEAR COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BRANCH, HEALTH
AND MEDICAL SERVICES,
HEALTH (NARCOTICS DIVISION), THE POLICE AND ADMINISTRATION.
HOUSING, DEPARTMENTS,
SIMULTANEOUSLY, SHE SAID, THE
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD
ALSO SET UP SPECIAL OUTREACHING TEAMS IN ITS FOUR OPERATIONAL REGIONS,
TO SERVICES,
STEP UP EFFORTS IN AS AN EXTENSION OF ITS EXISTIG PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO STREET SLEEPERS.
'ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ENLISTED IN THE PROCESS, SHE SAID.
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IS
HAS SUCCESSFULLY WORKED
SINCE MAY
SO FAR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ON 246 STREET SLEEPERS, 107 OF THEM HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATED THIS YEAR.
INSTITUTIONS FOR HOSPITALS OR
THE REST OF THEM ARE AWAITING ADMISSION INTO THE ELDERLY, COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, GOVERNMENT MENTAL
TEMPORARY SHELTER.
A DAY MRS WONG SAID TEMPORARY SHELTER IN CHOI HUNG LATER THIS MONTH.
YAU MA CENTRE IN
TEI AND A RELIEF
WOULD BE OPEN FOR STREET SLEEPERS
TO TACKLE MAKE UP SOME 34 SHE SAID.
"THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONTEMPLATING ACTIVELY WAYS THE PROBLEM OF THE ABLE-BODIED STREET SLEEPERS WHO PER CENT OF THE STREET SLEEPERS IN THE TERRITORY,
"THROUGH ATTENDING THE
CONFERENCE,
I HOPE то DRAW ON THE INSIGHT INTO NEW DIRECTIONS EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND GAIN
SEE HOW THEY CAN BE AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN THIS AREA AND TO
MRS WONG ADDED. APPLIED TO THE HONG KONG SCENARIO,
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