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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL SERVICES, DR T Y CHAU. HE SAID IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAL SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE WITHIN REASONABLE ACCESS OF CENTRES OF POPULATION.
"THE PAMELA YOUDE HOSPITAL BEING A GENERAL HOSPITAL, MEETS THIS PURPOSE, AND WILL SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF EASTERN DISTRICT, WHO REPRESENT ALMOST HALF THE POPULATION OF HONG KONG ISLAND, HE SAID.
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A PILOT SCHEME OF B CLASS BEDS WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED, PROVIDING MORE SPACE AND PRIVACY FOR THOSE WILLING TO PAY MORE FOR LEVEL OF SERVICE ABOVE THAT OF THE ORDINARY PUBLIC WARDS.
"THIS IS OUR AIM ΤΟ PROVIDE DIRECTED AT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE GIVING PEOPLE A WIDER RANGE OF SERVICES CHAU ADDED.
A HIGHER QUALITY INDIVIDUAL, WHICH
FROM WHICH TO
OF SERVICE ALSO MEANS CHOOSE, DR
PILOT SCHEME FOR ADOPTION ASSESSMENT
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A PILOT
APPLICANTS ASSESS THE SUITABILITY OF
WHO ARE INTERESTED WARDS OF DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.
SCHEME
TO
то ADOPT
THE NEW ARRANGEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO SHORTEN THE PROCESS BY AN AVERAGE OF TWO TO THREE MONTHS.
ASSESSMENT
ΤΟ
DEPARTMENT
OVER THE YEARS, THE ADOPTION UNIT OF SOCIAL WELFARE HAD BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN REVIEWING AND STREAMLINING ADOPTION PROCEDURES, INCLUDING SERVICES
PARENTS WHO
то WISH PARENTAL RIGHTS, MAKING WARDSHIP FOR CHILDREN, ASSESSING FOR DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE'S WARDS LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS.
RELINGUISH APPLICATIONS
ALL THE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES ARE AIMED AT PLACING CHILDREN IN ADOPTIVE HOMES AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
SERIES OF INTERVIEWS FOR
A FROM DECEMBER 1, THE ADOPTION UNIT WILL ORGANISE
INTAKE GROUP BRIEFING SESSIONS TO REPLACE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ADOPTION OF WARDS OF DSW.
THE PILOT SCHEME WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER SIX MONTHS.
OBJECTIVES OF
THE
PURPOSE OF BASIC ACQUIRE
THE SERVICE,
GENERAL COMMITMENT OF
A SWD SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT GROUP BRIEFING WAS то ENABLE APPLICANTS ΤΟ UNDERSTANDING ON THE
ADOPTION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS, THE MEANING AND ADOPTION.
WITH
IN ADDITION, IT WILL GIVE APPLICANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADOPTION THROUGH DISCUSSION
OTHER APPLICANTS, THUS STIMULATING THEM INTO FURTHER EVALUATION OF THEIR OWN APPROPRIATENESS AND READINESS FOR PARENTING AN ADOPTIVE CHILD.
/AT THE