5.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1988
HERBARIUM,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VISITS TO TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY, SAI KUNG COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE, SHING MUN ARBORETUM AND HONG KONG ALL EDUCATION WALKS WILL BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FROM 10 AM TO 12 NOON AND FROM 2 PM TO 4 PM.
VISITS TO TAI TONG FOREST NURSERY ARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAYS ONLY WHILE VISITS TO SAI KUNG COUNTRY PARK WILL BE ARRANGED FROM MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS EXCEPT TUESDAYS. GUIDED VISITS ΤΟ THE SHING MUN ARBORETUM AND HONG KONG HERBARIUM ARE CONDUCTED ON THURSDAY MORNINGS AND SATURDAY MORNINGS ONLY.
AFTER PRELIMINARY BOOKINGS BY TELEPHONE, APPLICANTS SHOULD CONFIRM THEIR BOOKINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY COMPLETING A BOOKING FORM AVAILABLE FROM THE AFD CONSERVATION EDUCATION UNIT ON 14TH FLOOR, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, MR CHEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT THE ALLOCATION OF PLACES WILL BE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
THE COUNTRYSIDE EDUCATION WALKS SCHEME HAS RECEIVED OVERWHELMING PUBLIC RESPONSE WITH A TOTAL OF 57,800 PEOPLE FROM 1,886 SCHOOLS AND ORGANISED GROUPS PARTICIPATING IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE HIGHEST ANNUAL FIGURE WAS RECORDED LAST YEAR WITH 18,230 PARTICIPANTS FROM 690 GROUPS.
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN CENTRES FOR ELDERLY
THERE HAVE BEEN MARKED GROWTH AND CHANGES IN THE NUMBER AND THE SERVICE CONTENT OF CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY SINCE SUCH CENTRES BECAME A SUBVENTED SERVICE IN 1979, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (FAMILY WELFARE), MR ALFRED CHUI WING-MAN, SAID TODAY
(SUNDAY).
ON SOCIAL MACAO CONFERENCE
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HIENG CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY OPERATED BY THE HONG KONG OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN HENG ON ESTATE, SHA TIN.
IN TERMS OF NUMBER, HE SAID, IT HAD INCREASED FROM 13 IN APRIL 1979 TO THE PRESENT 95 SOCIAL CENTRES AND 14 MULTI-SERVIOR CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WITH A TOTAL REGISTERED MEMBERSHIP OF 37,000.
/MR CHUI