TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1991
SPECIAL POSTAL SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS
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TODAY (TUESDAY) THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG,
ARRANGEMENTS DURING THE LUNAR ANNOUNCED THE SPECIAL POSTAL SERVICE
او
NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.
BACH
FEBRUARY ON
14 (LUNAR
THERE WILL BE ONE DELIVERY YE. 'S EVE) AND FEBRUARY 17 (THE THIRD DAY OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR).
LETTERS WILL NOT BE DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY 15 AND 16.
NEW
TO 17, EXCEPT ALL POST OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 14 FOR THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE BOTH OF WHICH WILL OPEN FOR SERVICE FROM 9 AM TO NOON ON FEBRUARY 14.
"LAISEES" FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
MORE THAN 400 SINGLE-PARENT
FAMILIES ON
TODAY (TUESDAY)
+
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,
NEW YEAR RECEIVED LIVING ON HONG KONG ISLAND, "LAISEES" (RED PACKETS) OF $150 EACH FROM THE TANG SHIU-KIN AND HO TIM CHARITABLE FUND.
OTHER
A FURTHER 3,000 FAMILIES IN THIS CATEGORY, LIVING ON THE SIDE OF THE HARBOUR, WILL RECEIVE THEIR LAISERS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
OF THE TUNG WAR ASSOCIATION HOSTEL
OF "LAISERS"
BACH $100
ABOUT 660 ELDERLY, COMPRISING AGED PATIENTS GROUP OF HOSPITALS AND RESIDENTS OF HO'S CLANSMAN FOR THE ELDERLY, WILL AL90 BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
RECEIVE
THEIR
РО LEUNG KUK OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY AT
TIM; ACTING DEPUTY
OF DIRECTOR MR PATRICK TAM, POPSINGER,
WERE A FOUNDER OF THE FUND, DR HO SOCIAL WELFARE. MR
CHUI; ALFRED AND THE FUND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
THE
FUND, WHICH 19
ADMINISTERED
ΤΟ
HARDSHIP
BY
BROUGHT
DEPARTMENT, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES
COPE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES.
GRANTS
ARE
AVAILABLE
FOR CHILDREN
SOCIAL THE
BY ABOUT
WELFARE
UNEXPECTED
PURCHASE OF
EDUCATION,
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL TREATMENT OR OTHER NEEDS.
PAYMENTS ARE ALSO MADE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ARISING FROM
IN
THE PARTICULAR, ILLNESS. OR MENTAL DISABILITY OF CHRONIC HELPS VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH URGENT NEEDS.
PHYSICAL FUND
THE WELFARE
MADE TO THE SOCIAL
APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND CAN BE
KUK OR LEUNG TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, PO DEPARTMENT.
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