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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1988
"IN ADDITION, MULTI-SERVICES CENTRE
GOVERNMENT
THE FOR
PLANS TO THE ELDERLY IN EVERY
SET
UP ONE ADMINISTRATIVE LAST YEAR, WITH TWO
DISTRICT AND TWO SUCH CENTRES WERE ESTABLISHED MORE TO START OPERATION THIS YEAR.
FROM "APART
HELP
PROVIDING COUNSELLING, HOME HELP AND LAUNDRY SERVICES, THERE ARE ALSO DAY CARE FACILITIES IN THESE CENTRES TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS SOLVE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY OLD AGE," SHE ADDED.
CARE SERVICES OF AND THAT THE SERVE AS A REFERENCE
CONCEDING THAT SOME OLD PEOPLE NEEDED INSTITUTIONAL DESPITE ALL THESE SUPPORT SERVICES, MRS WONG SAID THE PRIVATE HOMES FOR THE AGED HAD ATTRACTED ATTENTION, DEPARTMENT HAD DRAWN UP A CODE OF PRACTICE TO FOR THE OPERATORS OF THESE HOMES.
DEPARTMENT OF INTRODUCING LEGISLATIVE A3 TO FURTHER IMPROVE THIS
"WE WILL ENCOURAGE THESE HOMES TO REGISTER WITH OUR VOLUNTARILY AND HOPE THAT A FURTHER STEP CONTROL WILL BE ACHIEVED SERVICE, SHE SAID.
"NEVERTHELESS,
IN
90 1990
GOVERNMENT EFFORTS
ALONE, WITHOUT INPUT OF
"
COMMUNITY SUPPORT, ARE INADEQUATE IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICE, SHE ADDED.
MRS WONG PRAISED THE SHUN TAK PROMOTING RESPECT CONTRIBUTIONS IN
FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION FOR ITS FOR THE ELDERLY, BESIDES PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE
SECURITIES REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT ON SALE
COPIES OF THE CHINESE VERSION OF THE REPORT OF THE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE,
SECURITIES GOVERNMENT TOMORROW
REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL BE PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO (THURSDAY).
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHED TO COMMENT ON THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT TO WRITE TO THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS AT ROOM 1804, ADMIRALTY CENTRE, TOWER 1. HONG
KONG BY JULY 4, 1988.
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