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UEI projects were aimed at improving the living environment in urban areas. These projects usually included improvement works for local roads and paths, amenity planting and other environmental improvement projects identified and endorsed by the district boards.
A total of 30 UEI projects costing $8 million have been undertaken by HAD's Urban Works Section in 1994-95 and 1995-96. Of these, 5 projects worth about $1.7 million were carried out in the Sham Shui Po district.
Other officiating guests at today's ceremony included Director of Lands Mr Robert Pope and Sham Shui Po District Officer Mr John Leung.
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New office to raise sheltered workshops productivity
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The Government has set up a new office the Marketing Consultancy Office (Rehabilitation) - in October this year to raise the productivity of sheltered workshops.
This was stated by the Deputy Director (Services) of Social Welfare, Mrs Patricia Chu Yeung Pak-yu, when she officiated at the opening ceremony of the Wai Ji Christian Service's Hor Ping Sheltered Workshop cum Hostel and Yuet Ping Supported Hostel in Yuen Long today (Saturday).
"We hope the new office could introduce new management concept for sheltered workshops so as to strengthen their competitiveness and to raise income of individual workers," Mrs Chu said.
She said the Government had attached great importance to the provision of employment training for people with a disability in recent years.
The Wai Ji Christian Service, established in 1979, has been providing a wide range of rehabilitation services to meet the needs of disabled people.
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