MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1993
DONATION FUNDS NEW HOME FOR ELDERLY
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) RECEIVED A DONATION OF $10 MILLION FOR PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
THE DONATION WAS MADE BY MRS HO TIM.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH HER WISHES, THE DONATION WILL HELP ASIA WOMEN'S LEAGUE BUILD A CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME FOR THE ELDERLY ON RENFREW ROAD IN KOWLOON TONG.
SPEAKING AT A CHEQUE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR or SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, SAID THERE WAS AN ACUTE SHORTFALL OF CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES IN HONG KONG.
"TO MEET THIS SHORTFALL, PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO PROVIDE 5,000 ADDITIONAL CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES IN FOUR YEARS, MAKING A TOTAL PROVISION OF 9,500 SUBVENTED CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES.
"COUPLED WITH AGED HOME PLACES, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUBVENTED PLACES IN RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY WILL REACH 17,700 PLACES BY EARLY 1997," HE SAID.
"THIS GENEROUS DONATION HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO BRING EARLY RELIEF TO THE DEMAND FOR PLACEMENTS FOR THE ELDERLY, HE ADDED.
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THE HOME WILL PROVIDE 190 ADDITIONAL CARE-AND-ATTENTION AND WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE LATTER PART OF 1995.
PLACES
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COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY REAPPOINTED
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (MONDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT MRS MIRIAM LAU HAS BEEN REAPPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
ALSO REAPPOINTED ARE MR ANTHONY NEOH, CHAIRMAN OF THE ICAC SUB- COMMITTEE; MR RONALD ARCULLI, CHAIRMAN OF THE GENERAL DISCIPLINED SERVICES SUB-COMMITTEE; AND MR MARTIN BARROW, CHAIRMAN OF THE POLICE SUB-COMMITTEE.
IN ADDITION, MR ANTHONY CHEUNG, MR TANG KWAI-NANG, MR CHOW CHUN-FAI, MR POON CHIN-HUNG, MR YEUNG KA-SING, DR WILFRED CHAN AND MR BRIAN RENWICK HAVE ALL BEEN REAPPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
THE REAPPOINTMENTS ARE FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR.
THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IS A PERMANENT BODY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO ADVISE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES, AND THE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THEIR STAFF.
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