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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1978

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PREMISES IN HOUSING ESTATES FOR WELFARE PURPOSES

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS INVITING VOLUNTARY WELFARE AGENCIES TO APPLY FOR PREMISES RESERVED FOR WELFARE PURPOSES IN VARIOUS PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

THE DEPARTMENT'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT HAS WRITTEN TO THE AGENCIES PROVIDING THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH PREMISES IN EITHER EXISTING ESTATES OR IN ESTATES UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR SHORTLY TO BE BUILT.

THE UNIT HAS BEEN IN CLOSE LIAISON WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO MONITOR THE ALLOCATION OF WELFARE PREMISES TO ENSURE A BALANCED PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES, PARTICULARLY IN NEW TOWNS AND NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.

FIVE PREMISES WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF NEARLY 18,500 SQ. FT. HAVE BEEN RESERVED IN EXISTING ESTATES FOR THE PROVISION OF CHILDREN OR YOUTH CENTRES IN ORDER TO MEET A GROWING NEED IN THE ESTATES.

OF THESE PREMISES, THE LARGEST ONE, WITH A FLOOR AREA OF 6,519 SQ. FT., IS AVAILABLE AT THE LOWER FLOOR IN BLOCK B OF FU SHAN ESTATE.

ANOTHER PREMISES, WITH AN AREA OF 4,345 SQ. FT. IS AT UNITS 224-234 OF AH CHING HOUSE IN WAH FU ESTATE, ABERDEEN.

THE OTHER THREE PREMISEO HAVE FLOOR AREAS RANGING FROM 2,353 SQ. FT. TO 2,800 SQ. FT. AND ARE AVAILABLE IN HING WAH, KWAI SHING AND LAT KING" ESTATES.

THE MONTHLY RENT FOR THESE WELFARE PREMISES 13 50 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT, EXCLUSIVE OF RATES.

THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPACES TOTALLING OVER 31,000 SQ. FT. TO EE RESERVED IN 13 EXISTING ESTATES FOR GENERAL WELFARE USE.

ON TOP OF THESE, A NUMBER OF UNITS SUITABLE FOR RUNNING NURSERIES= HOSTELS FOR THE AGED, THE DISABLED AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES AND OTHER WELFARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY RESERVED IN ESTATES NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR TO EE BUILT SOON.

APPLICATION FORMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE PREMISES ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT LEE GARDENS, CAUSEWAY BAY,

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