TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1991
10
DOCUMENTS
"STATUTORY DECLARATIONS FOR OFFICIAL USE MEANS THOSE THAT ARE REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHILE NON-OFFICIAL OR PRIVATE STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ARE THOSE REQUIRED BY NON-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES SUCH AS FOR EMPLOYMENT, EMIGRATION, EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AND CLAIMS OF LOSS OF DOCUMENT, A CNTA SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
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AS FOR THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID THEY AROSE FROM A REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE OPERATED BY THE CNTA AND THE INCREASING NUMBER AND VARIETY OF OFFICIAL AND NON-OFFICIAL DECLARATIONS BEING ADMINISTERED AT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES (PESC's).
AS A RESULT, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED ΤΟ REVIEW AND REDUCE THEIR STATUTORY DECLARATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO ADMINISTER THE DECLARATIONS THEMSELVES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC.
THE
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE CNTA PESC'S AND CENTRAL TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SYSTEM (TEL. NO. 835 1501) WOULD HELP TO REFER MEMBERS OF PUBLIC TO THE DESIGNATED OFFICES OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS THE ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICIAL STATUTORY DECLARATIONS.
FOR
0
FURTHER EXPANSION OF RESIDENTIAL CARE PLACES NECESSARY
TOTAL FURTHER EXPANSION WILL BE NECESSARY TO BRING THE OF RESIDENTIAL CARE PLACES FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN SUBVENTED
THE DIRECTOR OF UP TO SOME 20,000 BY THE END OF THE DECADE, WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
NUMBER HOMES
SOCIAL
OF TUNG WAH GROUP OF CEREMONY SPEAKING AT THE OPENING
ELDERLY, MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT HOSPITALS' CHAN HAN HOME FOR THE
KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWING THAT THE EXPANSION WAS NECESSARILY TO ELDERLY POPULATION, WHICH WOULD CLOSE TO ONE MILLION BY THE YEAR 2000.
INTO THE
5,000
THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE
ADDITIONAL FOR AN 1990S AND BEYOND
THE PROVISION PROPOSES PLACES IN HOMES FOR THE AGED AND CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES BY 1995-96.
"WHILST IT IS
ESSENTIAL
AS
TO QUICKLY
PROVIDE
AS
AN
OF
BE
ADEQUATE SUPPLY
SHOULD IT POSSIBLE, PLACES CARE RESIDENTIAL
THE ELDERLY REMEMBERED THAT ONLY A COMPARATIVELY SMALL PROPORTION OF
OF OVER 60, ABOUT THREE PER CENT, WILL ACTUALLY NEED RESIDENTIAL CARE ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER," MR CARTLAND SAID.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE CAN EXPECT OF A AND ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PROVISION COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES.
TO REMAIN FIT WIDE RANGE OF
RANGE OF
THE SERVICES COMPRISED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND A FULL DIRECT SERVICES, INCLUDING COUNSELLING, HOME HELP AND RESPITE SERVICE,
THE FAMILIES CONCERNED WHICH AIMED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO AND TO GIVE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY SINGLETONS,
HE EXPLAINED.
/"IN PROVIDING