SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1988
MR CHUI NOTED THAT
IN ADDITION TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SERVICES WERE NOW ALSO PROVIDED TO ASSIST THE ELDERLY TO SPEND THEIR ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY LEISURE MORE MEANINGFULLY, TO TAKE A MORE LIFE TO IMPROVE THEIR INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS.
OTHER SERVICES
ALSO HELP THE ELDERLY KEEP IN TOUCH
IN SOCIETY SO THAT THEY WOULD BE
A BETTER POSITION TO COPE SOCIAL CHANGES AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS AS WELL AS TO WIDEN THEIR AND TO EXERCISE THEIR POTENTIALS.
"THE SIZE OF A CENTRE HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 169 WHILE IN STAFF ESTABLISHMENT, THE CENTRE SUPERVISOR HAS TO A TRAINED SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT," HE ADDED.
"AS
WITH
WITH VISION
SQUARE METRES BEEN CHANGED
WAS THERE
EXPANSION IN
THE BOTH SPACE
MANNING, AND
HAS
PER ALSO BEEN CHANGED TO ONE CENTRE PLANNING RATIO
30,000 EXCLUDING RENT AND POPULATION AND THE SUBVENTION FOR EACH CENTRE, RATES, HAS REACHED SOMB $190,000 PER ANNUM," HE SAID.
METRES AND A
PLANNING ORIGINALLY, THE
RATIO WAS ONE CENTRE PER 20,000 POPULATION WHILE THE STANDARD SIZE OF A CENTRE WAS 97 SQUARE A WELFARE WORKER AND THE STAFF ESTABLISHMENT COMPRISED ONLY WORKMAN.
ABOUT THE AVERAGE SUBVENTION IN A YEAR WAS RENT AND RATES.
$50,000 EXCLUDING
TO
FINANCIAL YEAR, ΤΟ SET UP AN WORK ASSISTANT
CURRENT MR CHUI ADDED THAT STARTING FROM THE FUNDS
AGENCIES CONCERNED WOULD BE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL POST OF CO-ORDINATOR AT THE SENIOR SOCIAL RANK TO SUPERVISE SIX CENTRES.
FOR THE BUT
"ALL THESE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRES ELDERLY ARE NOT ONLY DUE TO THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS IN POLICY,
THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTARY ALSO ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CO-OPERATION AND
OF SERVICE," AGENCIES IN THEIR DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROVISION HE SAID.
NOTED THAT THERE HAD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE,
HIGHER
CHUI MR
DISABILITY ALLOWANCE
ALLOWANCE SCHEME.
AND THE
ALSO BEEN IMPROVEMENTS NAMELY THE INTRODUCTION OF
OF THE
AGE EXPANSION
IN
A
OLD
CONCLUDING, HE COMMENDED THE
AGENCY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG THE PAST 40 YEARS.
OVER
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