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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1981

$17.8 MILLION CARE AND ATTENTION HOME FOR TAI PO

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A $17.8 MILLION CARE AND ATTENTION HOME IS TO BE BUILT AT

SHUEN WAN, TAI PO.

THE HOME, FOR 188 OLD PEOPLE, WILL BE ON A 2.4 HECTARE SITE ALLOCATED TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS BY THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN 1976.

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUT KAM, TODAY (TUESDAY) OFFICIATED AT THE PROJECT'S GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY.

THE HOME WILL BE A TWO-STOREY BUILDING WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 3 000 SQUARE METRES.

FACILITIES IN STAGE I WILL INCLUDE 24 BEDROOMS WITH SELF-CONTAINED BATH FACILITIES, TWO DINING ROOMS, STAFF QUARTERS, NURSES' DUTY ROOMS, A KITCHEN, LAUNDRY, MEDICAL CONSULTATION ROOM AND A PHYSIOTHERAPY ROOM.

IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER NEXT YEAR.

STAGES I AND III OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER CARE AND ATTENTION HOME AND A HOME FOR THE AGED, ARE BEING PLANNED.

WHEN COMPLETED, THE WHOLE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE SERVICES FOR 600 PEOPLE AGED OVER 60.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, MR CHUI SAID REAL ISATION OF THE PROJECT WAS GOOD NEWS, AS CARE AND ATTENTION SERVICES TO OLD PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WOULD BE STRENGHTENED, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO MEET SATISFACTORILY THE URGENT NEEDS ARISING FROM RAP ID INCREASES OF POPULATION AND FAST DEVELOPMENT.

THE HOME WAS WELL PLANNED AND ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED, AND WITH EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP THE STANDARD OF SERVICES PROVIDED WOULD BE EXCELLENT, MR CHU! SAID.

+THE SCALE AND PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE UNPRECEDENTED, AND THE VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD BE INCREASED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT HIGH SPEED SO AS TO ACHIEVE SYNCHRONISATION, HE SAID.

MR CHUI SAID AT THE PLANNING STAGE OF NEW TOWNS THE GOVERNMENT HAD INCLUDED VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES SO AS TO ENSURE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF NEW TOWNS AND NEW COMMUNITIES ON A REGIONAL BAS IS.

+HOWEVER, THE EXPANSION OF SERVICES - THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIALISED INSTITUTIONS IN PARTICULAR NEEDS TIME TO BE ACHIEVED.

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+THEREFORE, THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. HAS DRAFTED A CONSOLIDATED SERVICES EXPANSION SCHEME, TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY STAGES,

/+THIS SCHEME