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(iii) Outreaching services for elderly at risk
Where necessary, caseworkers of Family Services Centres and Medical Social Workers will reach out to the elderly people who are in need of assistance and support. The Community Geriatric Assessment Teams and Psychogeriatric Teams also reach out to elderly persons in the community who are in need of assessments and/or medical treatments.
The experimental Volunteer Workers Programme, Older Volunteers Programme and Social Networking for the Elderly also bring in the concept of using volunteers to widen the support network and to identify elderly at risk. Elderly people identified to be in need of professional services will be referred to the appropriate unit for follow-up.
Lantau Link opening ceremony
Following is a question by the Hon Lo Suk-ching and a written reply by the Secretary for Works, Mr Kwong Hon-sapg, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
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It is learnt that the Government will organise a fireworks display and other large-scale public activities on 27 April this year to celebrate the opening of the Lantau Link. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
whether the Government has consulted the public before deciding to organise the fireworks display and other activities mentioned above; if not, why not;
of the estimated amount of public money which the Government has to spend in organising the fireworks display despite private sponsorship for the event, bearing in mind that the Government departments concerned (including the Home Affairs Department, the Marine Department, the Police, the New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office and the Transport Department) have to deploy staff to undertake co-ordination work as well as to maintain public order and regulate traffic flow; and whether the Government has assessed if the expenditure involved is 'money well spent' when deciding to organise such activities;