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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1989
BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN SOCIAL WELFARE
PLACES BOUGHT UNDER THIS SCHEME WILL ELDERLY PEOPLE MOST IN NEED OF RESIDENTIAL
ORDER ON THE ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENT'S LIST.
THEIR
PRIORITY
SERVICE RECIPIENTS ARE EXPECTED TO PAY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FEES CHARGED BY THE HOME, RANGING FROM $650 TO $800 PER MONTH.
BOUGHT
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS
FOR $3,900 A MONTH ACCEPTABLE STANDARD.
BACH PLACE
OF
PREPARED TO PAY $3,050 TO
FROM
Bl PRIVATE HOMES
AN
EXISTING HOMES "THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO BUY PLACES FROM NEW OR
BE BOUGHT THAT ARE NOT YET REGISTERED, PROVIDING THAT NO PLACES WILL
IS UP HOME
TO
HE STANDARD AND REGISTERED, UNTIL THE CONCERNED CONTINUED.
PROVIDE FINANCIAI, THE AIM OF THIS PILOT SCHEME IS NOT ONLY TO
STANDARDS INCENTIVE FOR EXISTING PRIVATE HOMES TO RAISE THEIR SERVICE
PRIVATE PLACES ADDITIONAL
AN OF BUT ALSO TO ENCOURAGE STANDARD TO BE ESTABLISHED SO AS TO EXPAND THE SUPPLY OF PLACES.
ACCEPTABLE
EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO ΤΟ REFRAIN FROM
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT EVERY DISTRIBUTE SUCH PLACES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND CONCENTRATING ON BUYING PLACES FROM ONLY A FEW HOMES.
A KNOWN CAPACITY THE GOVERNMENT ATTENTION PLACES AND
AT PRESENT THERE ARE 255 PRIVATE HOMES WITH OF ABOUT 8,000
WITH BEDS
SOME
RESIDENTS. SEPARATELY PROVIDES 1,860 SUBVENTED
7,000
AND CARE 3.759 SUBVENTED AGED HOME PLACES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
3,400 IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION OF AROUND
HOMES FOR THE SUBVENTED PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES AND IN AGED WILL BE AVAILABLE BY NEXT YEAR.
VILLAGE ACCESS ROAD TO BE REBUILT
**
THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
AND WIDEN THE VILLAGE ACCESS ROAD AT CHUEN LUNG, TSUEN WAN.
A GOVERNMENT
SAID SPOKESMAN
PROPOSES ΤΟ RECONSTRUCT
THE (THURSDAY)
AND BE COMPLETED
PROPOSED
IN
TODAY WORKS ARE PROGRAMMED TO START LATER THIS YEAR MID-1990.
THE WORKS