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NOTE TO EDITORS1

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1984

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TRANSPORT REQUIREMENT STUDY ****

A PRESS CONFERENCE ON A CONSULTANCY STUDY INTO TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS IN MID-LEVELS AND CENTRAL DISTRICT WILL BE HELD AT THE LANDS AND WORKS BRANCH CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 21ST FLOOR OF MURRAY BUILDING TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 11 AM.

SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE AND THE CONSULTANTS WILL GIVE DETAILS OF THE STUDY AND ANSWER PRESS QUESTIONS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

MORE HOSTELS PLANNED FOR THE ELDERLY

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TWENTY-THREE HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY WITH A TOTAL OF 3 800 PLACES ARE PLANNED TO BE OPENED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH PLACES TO 6 500 BY 1988.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, WHEN SHE OPENED THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS' TAI YUEN HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY AT TAI YUEN ESTATE, TAJ PO.

+FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON 'SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1980S', THE GOVERNMENT HAS STEPPED UP ITS PLANS TO EXPAND VARIOUS TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, + SHE SAID.

THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOSTELS, OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES AND CARE- AND-ATTENTION HOMES.

+ IT IS IN THE PROVISION OF HOSTELS THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RESULTS.

+THIS ACHIEVEMENT, IN TERMS OF QUANTITY AND QUALITY, WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES LIKE THE TUNG WAH GROUP, SHE SAID.

MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE HOSTELS WERE LOCATED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, WHERE THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS COULD MAINTAIN REGULAR CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND THUS FEEL VERY MUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

/SHE SAID