SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1993
DONATION FOR HOSTELS FOR NEEDY
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THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS DONATED $15.6 MILLION ΤΟ PROVIDE FOR FIVE URBAN HOSTELS FOR THE NEEDY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THESE HOSTELS WILL BE SET UP IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, LOK FU, KOK, YAU MA TEI AND CHAI WAN.
"THEY WILL PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION THE URBAN AREA FOR BEDSPACE APARTMENT LODGERS AFFECTED RE-DEVELOPMENT. AS WELL AS FOR STREET-SLEEPERS, PARTICULARLY ELDERLY AND DISABLED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"MANY STREET-SLEEPERS AND BEDSPACE APARTMENT LODGERS WISH TO LIVE IN THE OLDER URBAN AREAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED SOCIAL TIES THERE.
"MANY ALSO WISH TO LIVE NEAR THEIR PLACE OF WORK. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT STREET-SLEEPERS AND BEDSPACE APARTMENT LODGERS REJECT OFFERS OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND CHOOSE TO STAY ON STREETS OR IN OVERCROWDED APARTMENTS, HE ADDED.
THESE HOSTELS ARE THEREFORE SET UP TO ACCOMMODATE SINGLE PERSONS IN VARIOUS URBAN DISTRICTS WHO ARE ELDERLY AND DISABLED STREET-SLEEPERS OR BEDSPACE APARTMENT LODGERS AFFECTED BY PRIVATE RE-DEVELOPMENT.
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"EACH HOSTEL WILL BE RUN BY A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION ON A SELF-FINANCING BASIS AND WILL ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 30 то 40 PEOPLE, HE NOTED.
THE FIRST HOSTEL IN CHEUNG SHA WAN IS NOW READY FOR OCCUPATION AND THE SECOND ONE IN CHAI WAN IS TO OPEN LATER THIS YEAR.
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INDUSTRIALISTS URGED TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON REFORMS
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THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEVE BARCLAY, TODAY CALLED ON INDUSTRIALISTS TO PUT FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ON THE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 1994/95.
SPEAKING AT THE SPRING RECEPTION DINNER OF THE BASTERN DISTRICT INDUSTRIALISTS' ASSOCIATION, HE SAID GOOD PROGRESS WAS MADE ON DRAFTING RELEVANT LEGISLATION.
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THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION BILL, HE ADDED, HAD BEEN TABLED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS THE OTHER RELATED BILLS WOULD BE GAZETTED LATER THIS MONTH.
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/HE SAID