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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1986
HE ADDED THAT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WERE RESERVED EACH YEAR FOR COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO OPERATED A SHELTERED HOUSING SCHEME IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN WAN CHAI AND SHA TIN.
ON THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF ELDERLY SINGLE PEOPLE LIVING IN BEDSPACE APARTMENTS, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE WORKING GROUP ON BEDSPACE APARTMENTS RECENTLY CARR FED OUT AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF THESE APARTMENTS AND IDENTIFIED FIRE SAFETY AS BEING A MAJOR AREA OF CONCERN,
+THE SECURITY BRANCH IS NOW ENGAGED IN A MORE DETAILED STUDY OF THIS PROBLEM AND I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO INSTITUTE SOME IMPROVEMENTS, HE ADDED.
HOWEVER, HE NOTED THAT THE QUESTION OF FIRE SAFETY IN BEDSPACE APARTMENTS WAS NOT AN EASY ONE. SOME UNDOUBTEDLY POSED SERIOUS HAZARDS BUT IT WOULD CLEARLY NOT BE DESIRABLE TO IMPOSE CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ELDERLY PEOPLE BEING MADE HOMELESS.
THERE WERE AT PRESENT 40 HOSTELS AND HOMES FOR THE EDLERLY PROVIDING 4 850 PLACES.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THIS WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO MEET THE DEMAND, AND ANOTHER 3 700 PLACES WERE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO SATISFY DEMAND.
HE ALSO SAID THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED TO EXPAND THE PROVISION OF PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES.
MORE HOMES OF THIS TYPE WERE NOW BEING PLANNED IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND IT WAS PROPOSED TO INCORPORATE SIMILAR FACILITIES IN HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY, HE SAID.
THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MR CHAMBERS SAID, RECENTLY ADVISED THAT FOR THE TIME BEING THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE NEED TO ENACT LEGISLATION TO CONTROL PRIVATE HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY, ALTHOUGH THIS MIGHT BE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE.
ON MEMBERS' SUGGESTION THAT PRIVATE HOMES SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH SUBVENTIONS TO HELP RAISE THE IR STANDARDS OF SERVICE, HE SAID THIS PRESENTED CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY AS +WE DO NOT NORMALLY GIVE SUBVENTIONS TO PROF IT-MAKING ORGANISATIONS.+
HE ALSO SAID THE SUGGESTION THAT THE SYSTEM OF VOLUNTARY REGISTRATION SHOULD BE SET UP TO REGISTER THOSE HOMES WHICH MET THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE WAS +CERTAINLY WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION+,
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