SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1988
"THERE IS A RANGE OF
13
SERVICES,
PUBLIC INCLUDING
ASSISTANCE, RENT ALLOWANCE AND COMPASSIONATE
OLD AGE OR DISABILITY ALLOWANCES, REHOUSING, TO HELP THESE STREET SLEEPERS RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE.
"IN ADDITION, AN URBAN HOSTEL, WHICH IS A
THOSE
STREET SLEEPERS
PILOT PROJECT, WHO ARE OLD OR
HAS HAVE
BEEN SET UP TO SERVE SPECIAL NEEDS," HE ADDED.
MR CHUI COMMENDED THE
AND VOLUNTEERS
PARTICIPATING
FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR THESE PEOPLE IN NEED.
THE TRAINING WORKSHOP
REPRESENTATIVES
WAS ORGANISED FROM THE SOCIAL
WORKING
BY A
WELFARE
AGENCIES
GROUP
DEPARTMENT, COMPRISING
THE STREET HELPING HAND, THE SALVATION ARMY, THE ST STEPHEN SOCIETY,
HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SLEEPERS' ACTION COMMITTEE, FUK LAM CHURCH, THE CONCERN FOR THE HOMELESS ASSOCIATION, THE STREET SLEEPERS SOCIETY THE MISSIONARY OF CHARITIES.
AND
AND
THE WORKSHOP, INCLUDING TALKS, EXPERIENCE-SHARING SEMINARS
ENHANCING VOLUNTEERS' UNDERSTANDING GROUP DISCUSSIONS, WAS AIMED AT
TO THE AND TO
THEM INTRODUCE SLEEPING STREET OF THE PROBLEM OF
SO SLEEPERS
THAT THEY CAN BETTER TECHNIQUES IN CONTACTING STREET ASSIST THE RELEVANT AGENCIES IN RENDERING SERVICES.
SHA TIN FIGHT AGAINST JUVENILE CRIME ACHIEVES RESULTS
*
THE FIGHT AGAINST
RESULTS THROUGH THE CO-ORDINATED
CRIME EFFORTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, ACCORDING TO SHA COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHAN SZE-BUN.
JUVENILE
SHA
IN
ΤΙΝ HAS ACHIEVED OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ΤΙΝ DISTRICT
FIGHT CRIME
ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAST
ATTENDED
RALLY
IN
AUGUST
FEW MONTHS, BY SOME 700 HAD
SUCH AS THE ANTI-SHOPTHEFT YOUNGSTERS AND THE ANTI-TRIAD PUBLICITY VARIETY SHOW IN SEPTEMBER REFLECTED POSITIVELY IN REAL TERMS, MR CHAN SAID.
OF SHA TIN'S
"TAKE THE FIGURES FOR SHOPTHEFT, THE WORST AREA JUVENILE CRIME," HE ADDED.
IN 1987,
ALTOGETHER
504
YOUNG
YEARS OLD WERE ARRESTED.
ARREST WERE 317; THE
RESPECTIVELY 27, 24 AND 15.
IN THE FIRST HALF FIGURES
JULY, FOR
EIGHT AND 17 PEOPLE BETWEEN
OF
1988, THE NUMBERS
AND AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OF WERE
/FOR THE