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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1987

POLICE OF ELEMENTS AND

BY THE COMMISSIONER AT SAID HE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT INFA UTABLY SOME CONVENIENCE STORES DID ATTRACT BAD WERE TARGETS FOR INTIMIDATION AND ROBBERY.

PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION

HE SAID: "POLICE OFFICERS ON PATROL TO SUCH STORES AT NIGHT, THEY KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE FREQUENTLY CHECK THE CUSTOMERS.

STAFF AND

MR

BRIDGE

REITERATED

THAT

THE

LABOUR

INSPECTORATE

WOULD

WERE LIKELY

CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE CHILDREN TO BE ILLEGALLY EMPLOYED.

PLANS TO EXPAND OUTREACH SERVICES FOR ELDERLY

THERE ARE PLANS FOR

THE

MOST OUTREACH HELP, FAMILY

SECRETARY FOR

STEADY EXPANSION OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, IN PARTICULAR HOME

THE CENTRES, SERVICE CENTRES, DAY CENTRES AND SOCIAL

SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

PUT

REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG, MR CHAMBERS SAID THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC PROGRAMME FOR THE PROVISION OF OUTREACH SOCIAL WORK FOR THE ELDERLY, BUT CONSIDERABLE EFFORT WAS INTO REACHING OUT TO ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN SERVICES WERE PROVIDED.

AND HOMES,

VARIOUS

"FIRSTLY, SOCIAL WORKERS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S

INDIVIDUAL ELDERLY PEOPLE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES REACH OUT TO

WHO BEING IN NEED OF CARE AND

HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.

OR REPORTED AS

T

YOUTH

J

COMMUNITY AND

'SECONDLY, SOCIAL WORKERS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICES AND GROUP WORK UNITS, AS WELL AS

A VOLUNTEERS FROM

NUMBER OF SUBVENTED AND

WELFARE NON-SUBVENTED AGENCIES, VISIT THE ELDERLY AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO LIVE ALONE.

"THIRDLY, THE

ELDERLY ARE

THE MAJOR BENEFICIARIES PROVIDES DOMESTIC HELP

OF INCLUDING

THE

SUBVENTED HOME KELP SERVICE WHICH THE COOKING OF MEALS.

HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS ALSO A SUBVENTED POOL BUS THE ELDERLY, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING IN REMOTE AREAS.

SERVICE FOR

NETWORK ALL SUCH OUTREACH SERVICES WERE IN ADDITION TO THE

DAY AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY SUCH AS DAY CARE CENTRES AND HOMES, MR CHAMBERS ADDED.

OF

SOCIAL CENTRES,

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