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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1984

SHE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY WAS TO PROVIDE ONE HOSTEL WITH 160 PLACES IN EVERY NEW PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WITH OVER 3 000 FLATS,

THE FIRST HOSTEL, OPENED IN 1969, WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO COULD DO THEIR OWN SHOPPING AND COOKING AND TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.

SINCE THEN, THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED EXPANDED GREATLY SO THAT TODAY MEALS, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING, NURSING CARE AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WERE AVAILABLE, MRS CHAN SAID.

THERE ARE NOW 23 HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 2 700 PLACES.

DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE VISITS INSTITUTIONS

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ELEVEN MEMBERS OF THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE VISITED THREE INSTITUTIONS OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES FOR PRISONERS.

LED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WILFRED WONG WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, THE PARTY FIRST ARRIVED AT THE STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY WHERE THEY SAW MODERN TRAINING FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES STAFF.

THEY NEXT PROCEEDED TO THE MAXIMUM SECURITY STANLEY PRISON WHERE THEY TOURED THE CELLS, THE HOSPITAL AS WELL AS SAW PRISONERS AT WORK IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS.

THEIR LAST STOP WAS THE ADJACENT TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN ITS DORMITORIES, CHAPEL, LIBRARY, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER FACILITIES.

AFTER THE VISIT, THEY HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, WHO IS ALSO AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE.

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