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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1989
APPLICANTS
WOULD HAVE
TO PROVIDE
"FOR HOMES UNDER PLANNING, DETAILS ON PROOF OF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ABILITY.
PROPOSAL IS VIABLE AND "UPON BEING SATISFIED THAT THE PRACTICABLE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO BUY PLACES THESE NEW HOMES WHEN THEY ARE REGISTERED." HE SAID.
BOUGHT
FROM
MR PLACES, BOUGHT TERRITORY-WIDE WITH
THERE WERE
SAID CHUI FLEXIBILITY CONCENTRATIONS
IN
IN
OF
AS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL PLACES WOULD BE BUYING MORE PLACES IN DISTRICTS WHERE ELDERLY PERSONS AND HOMES.
SERVICE STANDARD WOULD ELDERLY PERSONS
HE SAID BOUGHT PLACES OF A REASONABLE BE USED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO CARE FOR ON THE CENTRAL WAITING LIST WHO NEEDED RESIDENTIAL CARE.
"EACH ELDERLY PERSON WILL PAY A FEE OF $650 TO $800 PER
HE SAID. DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY OF HOME THAT HE OCCUPIED,
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PRIVATE
HOMES
PROVIDING
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE CAPACITY OF ABOUT 9,100 BEDS WITH SOME 7,200 RESIDENTS.
TIME,
AT THE SAME RESIDENTIAL HOMES OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
MONTH,
A
TOTAL
THERE
ARE
TYPES
CLOSE TO RUN BY THE
IN 10,000
SOCIAL WELFARE
PLACES
THE GOVERNMENT IS
MAKING
SPECIAL
PROVISION OF
SERVICES FOR RESIDENTIAL ANTICIPATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION PLACES WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
EFFORTS TO INCREASE ELDERLY PERSONS.
IT OF ABOUT 7,000 SUBVENTED
THE
IS
0
-
HK SHOULD BE PROUD OF FIRE SERVICES' PERFORMANCE
HONG KONG SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH IS A HIGHLY EFFICIENT EMERGENCY SERVICE ENJOYING A GOOD REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR LAU WONG-FAT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YUEN LONG FIRE
MR LAU STATION AND AMBULANCE DEPOT THIS MORNING,
SAID IT WAS THE DUTY OF FIREMEN AND
SAVE LIVES IN THE EVENT OF DISASTERS.
AMBULANCEMEN
ΤΟ
"THEIR WORK REQUIRES SUITABLE SKILL, COURAGE. PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, HE SAID.
CONFIDENCE.
AMBULANCE
MR LAU ADDED THAT WITH THE USE OF ADVANCED FIRE AND EQUIPMENT, THE EFFICIENCY IN RESCUE WORK HAD BEEN GREATLY ENHANCED.
/"THIS MAKES
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