SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1989
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WONG TAI SIN'S FIRST DAY CARE CENTRE FOR ELDERLY
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY DAY CARE CENTRES ENABLE ELDERLY PEOPLE
RELIEVE THEIR FAMILIES REMAIN SOCIALLY ACTIVE, AND AT THE SAME TIME
DIRECTOR OF THE NEED TO LOOK AFTER THEM DURING THE DAY. THE ASSISTANT OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
ARMY'S
CHUK
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SALVATION
SIN, MR CHUI SAID YUEN DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN WONG TAI
ELDERLY PEOPLE IN DECLINING HEALTH THE CENTRES AIMED AT PROVIDING WITH DAY CARE, NURSING SERVICE AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
FROM THE
THE SERVICES PROVIDED RANGED
SERVING LAUNDRY, COUNSELLING, MEDICAL CHECKS AND GROUP ACTIVITIES.
OF
MEALS ΤΟ
60,000 NOTING THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE REPRESENTED 17.8 PER CENT OR
MR CHUI SAID OF THE TOTAL PUBLIC HOUSING POPULATION IN WONG TAI SIN, THE LOCAL DEMAND FOR ELDERLY SERVICES WAS VERY HIGH.
ΤΟ CONTINUED "THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS STRENGTHEN THE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IN WONG TAI SIN.
IMPROVE AND
'AND THE CHUK YUEN DAY CARE CENTRE IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
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MR CHUI COMMENDED THE
IN
SALVATION ARMY FOR
PROVIDING A WIDE
RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG SINCE 1930.
MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS LEARN ABOUT LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL
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THREE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE OF SELANGOR, MALAYSIA RECENTLY VISITED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
LEARN ABOUT (EPD) TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG.
STUDIED
THE
DURING THEIR THREE-DAY VISIT, THE TRIO ALSO TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF VARIOUS LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT METHODS.
PROGRAMME
BY
PRINCIPAL
THE DELEGATION WAS RECEIVED AND BRIEFED ON THE
MR JOHN THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
AND BOXALL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, DR DANIEL LAU.
SEVERE DURING THE VISIT, THE DELEGATION SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE
LIVESTOCK WASTE LIVESTOCK WASTE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN YUEN LONG, THE COLLECTION SERVICES OFFERED BY EPD, AND
OF THE OPERATION
NGAU
TAM MEI MANURE COMPOSTING PLANT.
THE
/THEY ALSO