THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1990
RESIDENTS OF A BED-SPACE APARTMENT BEING ASSISTED
THE
SOCIAL WELFARE
* * *
DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN ACTIVELY HELPING IN HUNG HOM, A
WELFARE SOCIAL
RESIDENTS OF A BED-SPACE APARTMENT
DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE SPOKESMAN
SWD SAID
MET OFFICERS
TWO
A
RECENT
PETITION BY
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS THE
COUNCILLORS, MRS ELSIE TU AND MR HUT YIN-FAT, THIS MORNING ON
FOLLOWING RESIDENTS THE RELATING TO RESIDENTS CONCERNED.
WAN FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE то INTRODUCE THE AVAILABLE
STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TO KWA VISITED THE PREMISES IN MARCH THIS YEAR SERVICES TO THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS, HE SAID.
THE OFFICERS HAD BEEN ASSISTING 15 OF ELDERLY AND SEVEN AGED BELOW 59 - WHO WERE ADDED.
-
THE RESIDENTS
EIGHT FOUND TO NEED HELP, HE
MEANWHILE, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SAID IT HAD LONG BEEN THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE
WITH PARTICULARLY REHOUSING WHERE A NEED AROSE, AND ELDERLY AGED OVER 60.
MR M.D. CARTLAND,
REGARD
ΤΟ
THE
EACH CASE
WAS
CAREFULLY ASSESSED
AND
APPROPRIATE
WERE
HE SAID SERVICES, SUCH AS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, OFFERED.
IN EVERY CASE FIND
OWN THEIR
THAN RATHER
ΤΟ
"HOWEVER, SUCH REHOUSING HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN UP
OFTEN
то PREFER BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED
LOCALITY PARTICULAR ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IN A MOVE TO SOME PERHAPS QUITE DISTANT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
"THIS IS A MATTER OF THEIR DEPARTMENT DECLINING TO ASSIST THEM,
OWN
CHOICE AND MR CARTLAND ADDED.
NOT
OF
THE
-
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS
DOMESTIC FOREIGN
WAGE
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN THE
HELPERS BY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADMISSION OF DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.
FOR
THAT WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID
BY ATTESTED
THE COMMISSIONER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS (FRIDAY), LABOUR MUST CARRY A WAGE OF NOT LESS THAN $3,000
PER MONTH.
/RE-ENGAGEMENT CONTRACTS