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since then, the two municipal services departments have inspected all the 335 food establishments. Up to early April 1997, the two Municipal Councils had given approval to 254 food establishments for the sale of such food, among which 69 were in the Regional Council area and 185 were in the Urban Council area; and
so far, 63 prosecutions have been instituted against food establishments for the sale of these restricted food items without a licence or permission, of which 21 are in the Regional Council area and 42 are in the Urban Council area.
Assistance to young drug abusers
Folloiwing is a question by Dr the Hon Law Chi-kwong and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
The Education Department currently provides grants to voluntary agencies which organize educational courses for young drug abusers undergoing treatment and rehabilitation, so as to ensure that these young people can receive proper education during the treatment and rehabilitation period. However, it is learnt that no education- related special grants, such as textbook and stationery grants, are included in the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance allowance received by these young people. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
(c)
of the number of young drug abusers undergoing treatment and rehabilitation who applied for education-related special grants from the Social Welfare Department (SWD) in the past two years, together with the number of such applications which were approved;
whether the SWD provides financial assistance to these young people to meet their educational needs; if so, of the categories and rates of such grants; if not, why not; and
whether the SWD will consider reviewing its existing policy on providing education-related special grants to these young people, so as to satisfy their educational needs?