XN000022-1980-03-24 — Page 4

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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 198c

THE MAJORITY OF THESE NEW HOMES WOULD BE BUILT IN THE NT TO MEET BOTH THE LOCAL AND TERRITORY-WIDE NEED, MR AKERS-JONES SAID.

IT WAS GOVERNMENT'S AIM TO ACHIEVE A GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD OF CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES, TO FACILITATE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF THE ELDERLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PHYSICALLY TOO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

+UPON COMPLETION OF THE POK OI CARE AND ATTENTION HOME, YOU WILL HAVE MADE A VERY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO GOVERNMENT'S PLANNED OBJECTIVES BY PROVIDING 150 PLACES FOR ACCOMMODATION OF THE ELDERLY, HE SAID.

THE POK OI HOSPITAL CARE AND ATTENTION HOME, WHICH MR AKERS- JONES DESCRIBED AS YET ANOTHER MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT OF POK 01+, IS A $5.5 MILLION PROJECT TO BE BUILT ON A 3 000-SQUARE- METRE SITE GRANTED FREE BY GOVERNMENT AT PING HA ROAD.

THE HOSPITAL HAS RAISED $1.5 MILLION AND IS APPLYING TO OBTAIN THE REMAINDER FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE,

NEW COUNTRYSIDE MAP OF EASTERN NT ON SALE

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CAMPERS AND HIKERS TO THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL FIND THE CHOOSING OF CAMPSITES AND ROUTES MUCH EASIER WITH THE HELP OF A NEW COUNTRYSIDE MAP.

ENTITLED 'SAI KUNG AND CLEAR WATER BAY' THE NEW MAP IS THE FOURTH IN THE POPULAR COUNTRYSIDE SERIES PRODUCED BY PWD'S CROWN LANDS AND SURVEY OFFICE TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL PURSUITS.

*THE OTHER THREE MAPS - HONG KONG ISLAND' 'NEW TERRITORIES -WEST' AND 'LANTAU AND ISLANDS PROVED SURPRISINGLY POPULAR,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID. IN FACT, NEW EDITIONS HAD TO BE PRINTED TO MEET THE TREMENDOUS DEMAND.+

AS SAI KUNG AND CLEAR WATER BAY PENINSULAS ARE FASCINATING AREAS FOR EXPLORATION BY OUR NATURE LOVERS, HE SAID THIS NEW MAP NO DOUBT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR BEST-SELLERS LIST.+

+TO CATER FOR THE DIVERSITY OF PURSUITS WHICH MAY BE UNDERTAKEN, THE VARIOUS COUNTRYSIDE FEATURES ARE DENOTED BY ILLUSTRATIVE SIGNS FOR QUICK AND EASY REFERENCE, HE POINTED OUT.

FOOTPATHS AND TRAILS ARE SHOWN ON MAP IN DIFFERENT LINE PATTERNS TO INDICATE WHETHER THEY ARE PAVED OR NOT. THE MACLE HOSE TRAIL WHICH HAS PROVED EXCEEDINGLY POPULAR AMONG HIKERS SINCE ITS OPENING IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, IS SHOWN IN A DISTINCT RED COLOUR ON THE MAP FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION.

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