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MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1993
WELFARE
MR STRACHAN SAID THE SOCIAL CARE FOR THE FAMILY IN A FAMILY SETTING.
DEPARTMENT WAS CREATING
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS SEEKING TO BREAK LARGE
AND KEEP CHILDREN IN SMALL GROUP HOMES.
INSTITUTIONS
"NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT 100 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SMALL GROUP HOMES AND FOSTER CARE PLACES ARE ALSO GOING TO BE INCREASED BY 50 PER CENT," HE SAID.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PLANNING
PROVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES.
OTHER INCREASES IN THE
"THE NUMBER OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS WILL INCREASE BY 30 PER CENT NEXT YEAR," HE ADDED.
HK LOOKS FOR CLEANER FUELS
HONG KONG EXPECTS TO BE IN THE FORTUNATE POSITION OF BEING ABLE TO USE ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM COALS, OIL, NATURAL GAS, NUCLEAR AND HYDROELECTRIC SOURCES, WITH THE NUCLEAR AND HYDROELECTRIC SOURCES BEING IN SOUTHERN CHINA.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, TODAY (MONDAY) AT A SYMPOSIUM ON PERSPECTIVES OF SUPPLY AND USE OF FUELS IN HONG KONG.
MRS CHAN SAID HONG KONG HAD TO LOOK FOR CLEANER FUELS AND THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED THE USE OF SUCH FUELS FOR THE TERRITORY'S LONG-
TERM INTEREST.
"WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION," SHE SAID, ADDING THAT THE FIRST PHASE OF A NEW THERMAL POWER STATION WOULD BE COMMISSIONED AT BLACK POINT, TUEN MUN IN 1996.
COMBINED CYCLE GENERATING UNITS WHICH CAN ACHIEVE HIGHER THERMAL BFFICIENCY WILL BE INSTALLED IN THE NEW POWER
THE STATION. UNITS WILL BE FUELLED BY NATURAL GAS, A MUCH CLEANER FUEL THAN COAL AND OIL, FROM A GAS FIELD OFF HAJNAN ISLAND.
SHE SAID THIS MODE OF ELECTRICITY GENERATING WOULD BRING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND ALSO ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE.
TURNING TO THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TOWARDS THE SUPPLY AND USE OF
KONG HONG FUELS, MRS CHAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TO ENSURE THAT HAD SUFFICIENT FUBL AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME TO MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY FOR A REASONABLE
PERIOD AHRAD.
1T ALSO HAD TO ENSURE THAT FUELS WERE USED WITH DUE REGARD TO INDUSTRIAL AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OBJECTIVES.
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