SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1987
CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON STREET SLEEPERS
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A CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON STREET SLEEPERS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP SERVICES FOR STREET SLEEPERS IN THE YEAR OF SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE AIM OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WAS TO REVIEW THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY AND PROGRAMMES IN ORDER TO CO-ORDINATE ACTION RELATING TO STREET BLEEPERS.
THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON STREET SLEEPERS, TO BE CONVENED BY THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, WILL BE CHAIRED BY MISS ELAINE CHUNG, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE.
THE MEMBERS ARE: MISS LOLLY CHIU, PRINCIPAL ́ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: MR ÅLFRED CHUI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR MOK YIU-KWONG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HOUSING MR CHUNG YIU-FAN, SENIOR STAFF OFFICER OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: MRS ́AGNES ALLCOCK, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY (NARCOTICS DIVISION) = DR W.M. CHAN, PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER (RESEARCH) OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT: MR L.F. SAYER, STAFF OFFICER OF THE POLICE ¦ MR FRANKIE LUI, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: AND MR WILSON FUNG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE (SECRETARY).
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE WELFARE NEEDS OF THE STREET SLEEPERS WERE ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM.
+SOME OF THE STREET SLEEPERS HAVE HOUSING NEEDS WHILST OTHERS APPEAR TO HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS OR ARE BRUG ADDICTS. STREET SLEEPING ITSELF ALSO POSES AN ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE. CO-ORDINATION AMONG DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED IS THEREFORE CALLED FOR IN ORDER TO FORMULATE A PACKAGE OF ACTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS CAUSED BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREET SLEEPERS,+ HE SAID.
THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON STREET SLEEPERS WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE FEASIBILITY OF INTRODUCING A NEW SERVICE TO STREET SLEEPERS, THAT 19, A DAY RELIEF CENTRE CUM TEMPORARY SHELTER FOR STREET SLEEPERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PRIMARY AIN OF THE BAY RELIEF CENTRE WAS TO PROVIDE SOME BASIC CLEANING UP SERVICES FOR LONG-HAIRED STREET SLEEPERS BEFORE REFERRING THEM FOR OTHER SERVICES.
*THE IDEA OF THE TEMPORARY SHELTER IS TO PROVIDE THESE PEOPLE TFMPORARY ACCOMMODATION SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT REVERT TO STREET SLEEPING WHILST AWAITING SUITABLE LONG TERM ARRANGEMENTS,+ HE ADDED.
THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING IN EARLY JUNE.
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