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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1979

LADY MACLEHOSE VISITS SWD'S EMERGENCY RELIEF KITCHEN

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STAFF AT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY RELIEF KITCHEN, WHICH IS DESIGNED ESSENTIALLY TO CATER FOR LOCAL VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS, TODAY (FRIDAY) HAD A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.

LADY MACLE HOSE THIS MORNING VISITED THE KITCHEN IN CORNWALL STREET, KOWLOON, WHERE ONLY LAST WEEK THOUSANDS OF MEALS WERE COOKED AND PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TYPHOON HOPE.

SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS. ANSON CHAN, AND ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (OPERATIONS), MR. HENRY AU.

LADY MACLEHOSE WAS FIRST BRIEFED ON THE GENERAL OPERATIONS

OF THE KITCHEN BEFORE INSPECTING ITS FACILITIES.

SHE SAW THE STAFF BUSILY AT WORK -- CHOPPING MEAT, WASHING VEGETABLES AND COOKING RICE IN BIG STOVES - TO PREPARE MEALS FOR DELIVERY.

AT PRESENT, ABOUT 9,000 LB OF RICE, 3,000 LB OF MEAT AND 6,000 LB OF VEGETABLES ARE COOKED EVERYDAY IN THE KITCHEN TO PROVIDE ABOUT 24,000 MEALS FOR REFUGEES AND TYPHOON VICTIMS.

THE KITCHEN IS ALSO ORDERING A DAILY SUPPLY OF ABOUT 25,000 PORTIONS OF DRY RATION FOR THE REFUGEES.

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IN TIMES OF FIRES, TYPHOONS, FLOODING OR LANDSLIPS KITCHEN PROVIDES THE VICTIMS WITH COOKED MEALS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF ARTICLES SUCH AS BLANKETS, MATS AND COOKING UTENSILS.

ALTHOUGH IT IS NOW USED MAINLY FOR REFUGEES, PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO LOCAL VICTIMS OF DISASTERS AND IN THE RECENT TYPHOON, THE KITCHEN COPED ADEQUATELY WITH DEMANDS FROM BOTH GROUPS.

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