SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1992
ABOUT
USABLE FLOOR AREAS FOR 50,517 SQUARE METRES
RESPECTIVELY.
DOMESTIC AND ABOUT
AND
NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE 216,029 SQUARE METRES
IN SEPTEMBER, THE OFFICE ISSUED 38 OCCUPATION PERMITS: 14 FOR HONG KONG ISLAND, 11 FOR KOWLOON, AND 13 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, 24 DEMOLITION
WERE ISSUED.
CONSENTS AFFECTING 44 BUILDINGS
DIVISION RECEIVED 636
THE OFFICE'S CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 1,726 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 250 REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 654 BUILDINGS AND OBTAINED FIVE EMERGENCY CLOSURE ORDERS.
COUPLES INVITED TO BECOME ADOPTIVE PARENTS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A POSTER WITH AN AIM TO RECRUIT MORE ADOPTIVE PARENTS.
THE POSTERS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS FOR ONE WEEK, STARTING FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY),
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ANY COUPLES WHO WISH ΤΟ ADOPT NEEDY CHILDREN COULD APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION UNIT.
"THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF
SUITABLE AND PERMANENT HOMES FOR
THE ADOPTION SERVICE IS TO FIND NEEDY CHILDREN SO THAT THEY MAY ENJOY THE LOVING CARE OF A FAMILY LIFE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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THESE NEEDY CHILDREN, WHO ARE MADE WARDS OF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MAY HAVE EITHER LOST THEIR PARENTS OR BEEN ABANDONED BY THEIR PARENTS.
THEY ARE VOID OF NOT ONLY PROPER REARING BUT ALSO A HAPPY
CHILDHOOD.
EQUAL
"BUT THEY, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CHILDREN, SHOULD BE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES IN DEVELOPMENT, CARE AND STIMULATION IN A LOVING AND PERMANENT HOME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY LEND A HELPING HAND SHOULD THEY BE MORE FORTHCOMING TO BECOME SUBSTITUTE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 33 WARDS OF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.
COUPLES WHO ARE INTERESTED TO BECOME PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT'S ADOPTION UNIT.
ENQUIRIES COULD ALSO BE MADE BY CALLING THE ADOPTION UNIT ON TEL 852 3107.
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