SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1981
TEMPORARY SHELTERS DURING COLD SPELLS
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) IT HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO OPEN A NUMBER OF ITS COMMUNITY CENTRES AS TEMPORARY SHELTERS AND TO DISTRIBUTE BLANKETS IN TIMES OF A COLD SPELL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THESE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD COME INTO OPERATION IN THE EVENT OF THE TEMPERATURE DROPPING TO 10 DEGREES OR BELOW.
HE SAID THE ARRANGEMENTS WERE AIMED AT PROVIDING OVERNIGHT SHELTERS FOR STREET SLEEPERS AND OTHER PEOPLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES WARM DURING COLD SPELLS.
UNDER THOSE ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID, NINE COMMUNITY CENTRES OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BE OPEN TO LET PEOPLE STAY.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID, BLANKETS AND SLEEPING BAGS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT ALL THESE CENTRES.
+WHEN A COLD SPELL ARRIVES, PEOPLE IN NEED ARE WELCOME TO MAKE USE OF THESE FACILITIES, AND STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO GO OUT TO DISTRIBUTE BLANKETS, HE SAID.
THE NINE COMMUNITY CENTRES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
HONG KONG ISLAND
KOWLOON
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WESTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE AT WESTERN STREET CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 230 CHAI WAN ROAD,
WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 104 CHING TAK STREET KWUN TONG COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 17 TSUI PING ROAD- TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE AT TONG YAM STREET.
NEW TERRITORIES
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE AT TAI HO ROAD, TSUEN WAN LEK YUEN COMMUNITY HALL AT KWAI WO HOUSE, LEK YUEN ESTATE, SHA TIN- FANLING ROTARY YOUTH CENTRE AT FANLING WAI- TAI HING COMMUNITY HALL AT TAI HING ESTATE, TUEN MUN.
LATEST TIME OF POSTING FOR LOCAL CHRISTMAS MAIL
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE TODAY REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT THE LATEST TIME OF POSTING FOR LOCAL CHRISTMAS MAIL IS DECEMBER 21, 1981.
SENDERS WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS CARDS DELIVERED TO ADDRESSEES BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY SHOULD POST THEIR MAILS NOT LATER THAN 6 PM ON MONDAY.
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