TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1989
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SOCIAL CENTRES ESSENTIAL FOR THE ELDERLY
SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY ARE ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
SERVICE ELEMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT'S
PLANS FOR THE ELDERLY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE BERT JAMES YOUNG SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY OF THE ENDEAVOURERS IN KORNHILL, ONE SUCH MRS WONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT POLICY WAS TO SET UP CENTRE FOR EVERY 30,000 POPULATION.
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"THE EXISTING 99 SOCIAL CENTRES AND 14 MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES
IN RESPECTIVELY FOR THE ELDERLY WILL BE INCREASED TO 150 AND 19 NEXT FIVE YEARS, SHE SAID.
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MRS WONG COMMENDED THE ENDEAVOURERS GROUP FOR ITS VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
GROUPS,
THE BERT
APART FROM ORGANISING VOLUNTEER WORK FOR THE ELDERLY, JAMES YOUNG SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY ALSO PROVIDES VARIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS INTEREST CLASSES, SOCIAL OUTDOOR PROGRAMMES AND SEMINARS TO CATER FOR THE PHYSICAL NEEDS OF ITS 350 MEMBERS.
INDOOR AND AND SOCIAL
TAXI FARE CONVERSION TABLES AVAILABLE
TAXI FARE CONVERSION TABLES SHOWING THE NEW TAXI FARE SCALES AS AGAINST THE EXISTING FARE SCALES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY TAXI OWNERS FROM SATURDAY (JANUARY 14) THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
NEW FARES FOR URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS WILL TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 22.
CONVERSION TABLES FOR URBAN TAXIS CAN BE COLLECTED AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES; PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, SECOND FLOOR, LOW BLOCK, QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONG KONG; AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS OF ALL URBAN DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES IN SHA TIN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSUEN WAN.
CONVERSION TABLES FOR NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS CAN BE COLLECTED AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES; PUBLIC VEHICLES SECTION, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, SECOND FLOOR, LOW BLOCK, QUEENSWAY
GOVERNMENT OFFICES, HONG KONG; AND PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS OF ALL TERRITORIES DISTRICT OFFICES EXCEPT THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE.
NEW
TAXI OWNERS