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SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1987

THE MONTH'S FIGURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL WERE:

SUNSHINE

RAINFALL

CLOUD INESS

=

147.5 HOURS 38.8 HOURS ABOVE NORMAL

11.2 MM =

30.7 MM BELOW NORMAL

14 LESS THAN NORMAL

57

78% =

NORMAL

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

MEAN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 20.7 DEGREES C

MEAN TEMPERATURE

=

1.9 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL

18.3 DEGREES C = 2.4 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL

2.9 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL

14.1 DEGREES C = 2.4 DEGREES C ABOVE NORMAL

75.0 MM 7.1 MM BELOW NORMAL

MEAN MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 16.6 DEGREES C

MEAN DEW POINT

TOTAL EVAPORATION

KEEPING A CHECK ON YOUTH AND ELDERLY WELFARE

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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE HAS DIRECTED ITS EFFORT TOWARDS IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF YOUTHS AND THE ELDERLY IN THE PAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO A REPORT ON THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.

PROBLEMS AND SERVICES FOR THESE TWO GROUPS WERE MAJOR ISSUES DISCUSSED DURING COMITTEE MEETINGS IN 1986-87. THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONDUCTED A SURVEY AND EXPANDED ITS COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHEME TO BETTER SERVE OLD PEOPLE.

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN STANLEY AND SHEK O TO LOOK INTO THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY FOR MEDICAL, TRANSPORT, SOCIAL WELFARE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES, AND WIDE-RANGING IMPROVEMENTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SUGGESTED.

THE COMMITTEE HAS CALLED FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN REMOTE AREAS IN THE DISTRICT, AND A REVIEW OF THE POLICY OF PROVIDING ONE SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY PER 30 000 POPULATION.

THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO INVITED DOCTORS AND DENTISTS IN NEARBY SHAU KEI WAN AND CHAI WAN TO JOIN ITS COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHEME FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE ELDERLY LIVING IN STANLEY AND SHEK 0.

THE MEDICAL SCHEME, INITIALLY INTRODUCED TO PROVIDE PRIORITY TREATMENT AT REDUCED RATE TO PEOPLE AGED 60 OR ABOVE LIVING IN SOUTHERN, WAS ALSO EXPANDED FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR TO OLD PEOPLE WORKING IN THE DISTRICT.

/ON YOUTH