MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1990
MANY OTHER EVENTS. SUCH
AS
CANTONESE OPERA AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES. WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE FESTIVAL CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 4.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY AT THE SAI KUNG JOCKEY CLUB TOWN HALL. CHAN MAN STREET. SAI KUNG TOWN ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 311 AT 7 PM.
THE VARIETY SHOW WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM.
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROVIDES TIMELY HELP
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THE CHAN FAMILY IS AT LAST ABLE TO STAND ON THEIR OWN FEET. THEIR CHILDREN HAVE RECENTLY SECURED RESPECTABLE JOBS UPON THE COMPLETION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION.
A FAMILY OF FOUR. THE CHAN FAMILY IS SIMILAR ΤΟ ANY OTHER FAMILY OF THE SAME SIZE IN THE TERRITORY. EXCEPT THAT THEY HAD BEEN LIVING ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE OVER THE PAST DECADE.
AS THE CHAN'S CHILDREN HAVE GROWN UP AND SECURED EMPLOYMENT. THE FAMILY WITHDREW THEIR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE APPLICATION LAST AUTUMN.
IN ANOTHER CASE. A WIDOW WITH FOUR CHILDREN RECENTLY ALSO WITHDREW FROM FURTHER ASSISTANCE.
THE WOMAN HÁD NO OTHER SOURCE OF INCOME SINCE THE DEATH OF HUSBAND IN THE EARLY 80'S.
HER
HAD
WITH THE HELP OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. THE FAMILY BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIVING WITH PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WAS ALLOCATED A PUBLIC HOUSING UNIT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING PROGRAMME.
FOR FURTHER PUBLIC
THE WOMAN WITHDREW HER APPLICATION ASSISTANCE LAST DECEMBER ON THE GROUNDS THAT HER CHILDREN ARE NOW GROWN UP AND SHE HAS CONFIDENCE TO TAKE UP OPEN EMPLOYMENT TO SUPPORT HER FAMILY.
TO
AN SWD SPOKESMAN THE
DEPARTMENT IN
COMMENTING ON THE CASE OF THE CHAN FAMILY. SAID THEIR DIFFICULTIES WERE FIRST MADE KNOWN THE LATE
70'S.
"AS THE FATHER WAS BEDRIDDEN AND THE CHILDREN WERE ONLY PRIMARY STUDENTS. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WAS IMMEDIATELY RENDERED TO THEM.
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