MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1988
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$100,000 DONATION TO DEPARTMENT'S WELFARE PROGRAMMES
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RECEIVED DONATION OF $100,000 FROM THE HONG KONG SHUMET CHURCH OF DIVINE QUIDANCE AS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS A CENTRALISED JOINT YOUTH AND REHABILITATION
PROGRAMME TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN NOVEMBER.
UNDER THIS PROGRAMME, ABOUT 850 DISABLED PERSONS, PROBATIONERS AND YOUTHS WILL BE CAMPING OUT AT THE CHINESE YMCA WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE IN SHA TIN TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF "INTEGRATION OF THE DISABLED INTO THE COMMUNITY".
THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE USED FOR OUTREACHING STREET SLEEPERS IN THE COMING MONTHS.
PROGRAMMES FOR
IT WILL ALSO GO TOWARDS THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE CHUK YURN CHILDREN'S RECEPTION CENTRE WHERE RESIDENTIAL CARE IS PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER RIGHT YEARS OLD WHO ARE FOUND ABANDONED OR ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.
THE CHEQUE WAS RECEIVED FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG SHUMEI CHURCH OF DIVINE GUIDANCE, MR 80 KAM-MING, BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (YOUTH AND REHABILITATION), HR KHOK KA-CHI.
MR KWOK PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ORGANISATION FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION AND EMPHASISED THE NRED FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND INVOLVEMENT IN WELFARE SERVICES.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 31.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 186.705 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 431.496 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 73.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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