THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1988
SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO SEE HOW THE SCHOOL HAD DEVELOPED AND TO HEAR ABOUT ITS PLANS FOR FURTHER ACTIVITIES.
HE NOTED THAT WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISED THE OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL AT ABOUT $1 MILLION A YEAR TO HELP THOSE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT HAVE THE CHANCE TO COME. ANY WORTHWHILE IDEAS PUT FORWARD TO EXTEND THE SCHEME WOULD BE CONSIDERED.
ASKED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, SIR DAVID SAID: "WE HAVE HAD A PERIOD OF VERY RAPID GROWTH IN HONG KONG. OUTWARD BOUND IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE USE OUR COUNTRYSIDE. WE MUST PRESERVE THAT COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, AND WE MUST, AT THE SAME TIME, FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION."
FIRST CARE HOME UNDER PILOT SCHEME OPENED
WAS
THE LAI YIU BRADBURY CARE HOME IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY (THURSDAY), PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 72 CARE AND ATTENTION PLACES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
IT IS OPERATED BY THE HELPING HAND WITH SUBSIDY FROM THE
A LOTTERIES FUND, AND IS THE FIRST CARE HOME SET UP UNDER
GOVERNMENT PILOT SCHEME WHICH SUBSIDISES SUCH HOMES IN RETURN FOR 80 PER CENT OF THE PLACES.
THE PLACES ARE USED FOR RESETTLING PUBLIC HOUSING ELDERLY TENANTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES AND FOR ACCOMMODATING THOSE WHO ARE ON THE CENTRAL WAITING LIST FOR CARE AND ATTENTION PLACEMENTS.
THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY AND THE FEES PAID BY THE ELDERLY THEMSELVES WILL COVER THE BASIC COST, WHILE THE HELPING HAND WILL UNDERTAKE THE OPERATION OF THE HOME. THE ELDERLY WILL RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FEES THEY PAID THROUGH THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
SCHEME.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR,
A LADY WILSON, SAID THE PROJECT WOULD GO SOME WAY TOWARDS ALLEVIATING PRESSING PROBLEM IN HONG KONG THE PLIGHT OF THE ELDERLY WHO COULD NO LONGER CARE FOR THEMSELVES.
WHILE NOTING THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME, LADY WILSON SAID IT REMEMBER THOSE STILL IN INADEQUATE CONDITIONS.
OF
THE TERRITORY'S WAS
IMPORTANT
то
/"WE MUST