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HOME HELP CENTRE OPENS
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1988
THE DIRECTOR OF
SOCIAL WELFARE, MR9 ELIZABETH WONG, TODAY HONG KONG (FRIDAY) COMMENDED THE
FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOME HELP SERVICE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SOCIETY'S WEST KOWLOON
THAT (LAI KOK) CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI PO, MRS WONG NOTED
THE SOCIETY USED TO ADOPT THE "HOME BASED MODEL" FOR ITS HOME HELP SERVICE, UNDER WHICH HOME HELPERS PREPARED MEALS, PURCHASED DAILY NECESSITIES AND CARRIED OUT LAUNDRY AND CLEANSING WORK AT THE CLIENTS' HOMES.
IMPLEMENTATION SHE SAID THAT SINCE THE
TO ASSIST
OF THE UNIFIED HOMB HELP POLICY IN 1982, THE SOCIETY HAD EXTENDED THIS SERVICE THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED.
IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICE, THE SOCIETY CARRIED OUT VARIOUS PILOT PROJECTS AND HAD ADOPTED THE "CENTRALISED KITCHEN
UNDER WHICH MEALS MODEL"
WERE PREPARED AND COOKED AT A CENTRAL KITCHEN AND THEN DELIVERED TO INDIVIDUAL CLIENT'S HOME, SHE SAID.
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'WHILE A CLIENT CAN BASED MODEL', MORE CLIENTS OF CENTRALISED KITCHEN AND
RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL CARE UNDER THE 'HOME ARE SERVED UNDER THE COMBINED FACILITIES LAUNDRY SERVICES, MRS WONG NOTED.
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"AS BOTH MODELS OF SERVICES ARE IN OPERATION IN THIS NEW OF CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI FU, WHERE THE ELDERLY MAKE UP SOME 14 PER CENT THE OVER 400,000 POPULATION, CLIENTS CAN OPT FOR THE MOST SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS.
MODEL WHICH IS
"I HOPE THE SOCIETY WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST ADDED.
FAMILIES
TO PROVIDE OR INDIVIDUALS
NEED,
MORE COMMUNITY IN
SHE
PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITIES BILL
THE SECURITIES
(DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS)
BILL
1988 WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE BILL, FIRST PUBLISHED IN JUNE 1987 AS A WHITE BILL FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION, PROPOSES TO REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF LISTED COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG TO DISCLOSE THEIR SHAREHOLDINGS AND SHARE DEALINGS.
/MR DAVID