TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1976
IT IS EXPECTED THAT THESE MACS WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ENSURING THE SMOOTH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME. CHINA LIGHT IS SETTING UP TEMPORARY OFFICES IN THE AREA TO FACILITATE THE HANDLING OF APPLICATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PILOT AREA, INSTALLATION WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PHASES. THE WHOLE PROJECT IS EXPECTED
TO TAKE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
UPPER LION ROCK HILL VILLAGE, WHICH IS THE FIRST AREA TO BENEFIT, SHOULD OBTAIN THEIR SUPPLY BY EARLY. JUNE. THE OTHER AREAS WILL BE SWITCHED ON IN TURN.
MRS. CHIA, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY, EXPECTED THAT MORE SQUATTER AREAS WILL BE COVERED BY THE SCHEME SHOULD THE PILOT PROJECT PROVE SUCCESSFUL.
LADY MACLEHOSE TO VISIT NEW LIFE FARM
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LADY MACLEHOSE WILL BE VISITING THE NEW LIFE FARM IN CASTLE PEAK TOMORROW (MARCH 31) IN HER CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY CHEST OF HONG KONG.
SHE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED ON HER VISIT BY MISS JILL BROMLEY, SOCIAL SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND MR. G.A. HENDERSON, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY CHEST.
THE NEW LIFE FARM, RUN BY THE NEW LIFE PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION, IS IN SIU HANG VILLAGE, CASTLE PEAK. IT OCCUPIES AN AREA OF ABOUT TWO ACRES, ADJACENT TO CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL.
THERE ARE TWO DORMITORIES FOR 40 RESIDENTS AND A RECREATIONAL HALL IN THE FARM.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE FARM IS TO HELP EX-MENTAL PATIENTS TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY AGAIN. APART FROM CARRYING OUT THE ROUTINE WORK OF FARMING, PATIENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AT A SMALL MARKET NEAR THE FARM, TO DO THEIR OWN SHOPPING, TO MANAGE THEIR OWN MONEY AND TO ATTEND THE PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE IN TOWN BY THEMSELVES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE VISIT, TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A NINE-SEATER VAN (AM 2157) WILL BE LEAVING THE KOWLOON TRANSPORT SUB-POOL, BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE, AT 9 A.M. TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
LADY MACLEHOSE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE FARM AT 10 A.M.
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