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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1987

CO-ORDINATING

A CENTRAL

AND WELFARE

SOCIAL

THE

WELFARE, SECURITY

WAS

THE

URBAN BRANCH

COMMITTEE ON STREET SLEEPERS THEREFORE SET UP IN MAY THIS YEAR COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BRANCH, HEALTH

AND MEDICAL SERVICES,

HEALTH (NARCOTICS DIVISION), THE POLICE AND ADMINISTRATION.

HOUSING, DEPARTMENTS,

SIMULTANEOUSLY, SHE SAID, THE

THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES

SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD

ALSO SET UP SPECIAL OUTREACHING TEAMS IN ITS FOUR OPERATIONAL REGIONS,

TO SERVICES,

STEP UP EFFORTS IN AS AN EXTENSION OF ITS EXISTIG PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO STREET SLEEPERS.

'ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS ENLISTED IN THE PROCESS, SHE SAID.

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IS

HAS SUCCESSFULLY WORKED

SINCE MAY

SO FAR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ON 246 STREET SLEEPERS, 107 OF THEM HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATED THIS YEAR.

INSTITUTIONS FOR HOSPITALS OR

THE REST OF THEM ARE AWAITING ADMISSION INTO THE ELDERLY, COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, GOVERNMENT MENTAL

TEMPORARY SHELTER.

A DAY MRS WONG SAID TEMPORARY SHELTER IN CHOI HUNG LATER THIS MONTH.

YAU MA CENTRE IN

TEI AND A RELIEF

WOULD BE OPEN FOR STREET SLEEPERS

TO TACKLE MAKE UP SOME 34 SHE SAID.

"THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO CONTEMPLATING ACTIVELY WAYS THE PROBLEM OF THE ABLE-BODIED STREET SLEEPERS WHO PER CENT OF THE STREET SLEEPERS IN THE TERRITORY,

"THROUGH ATTENDING THE

CONFERENCE,

I HOPE то DRAW ON THE INSIGHT INTO NEW DIRECTIONS EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND GAIN

SEE HOW THEY CAN BE AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN THIS AREA AND TO

MRS WONG ADDED. APPLIED TO THE HONG KONG SCENARIO,

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