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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1988

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OF PERSONAL

ANOTHER PROPOSAL WAS TO GIVE THE BOARDS DISCRETIONARY POWER INCREASE THE AWARDS

RAPE VICTIMS,

WHO AND TO VICTIMS EFFORTS IN ASSISTING EXEMPLARY

THE POLICE IN DEMONSTRATED

AND ARREST OF CRIMINALS, IN SPITE IDENTIFICATION EMBARRASSMENT, INCONVENIENCE OR FEAR.

THE PROPOSALS WERE BEING CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

VA'S COMMENDED FOR PROVIDING SERVICES FOR ELDERLY

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, TODAY (SATURDAY) COMMENDED VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WONG FUNG TING HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB IN SHEUNG SHUI.

MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY SUCH AS OLD PEOPLE'S HOMES, HOSTELS FOR THE ELDERLY AND MANY COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS WERE PROVIDED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WITH GOVERNMENT SUBVENTIONS.

SHE NOTED THAT A WORKING GROUP SET UP IN 1972 TO STUDY SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY HAD, IN ITS REPORT PUBLISHED THE FOLLOWING YEAR, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE COMMUNITY.

"THUS, A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES SUCH AS SOCIAL CENTRES, HOME HELP, COMMUNITY NURSING AND DAY CARE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO LOOK AFTER THEIR ELDERLY MEMBERS AND TO ENABLE OLD PEOPLE ΤΟ CONTINUE LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE COMMUNITY,' MRS WONG SAID.

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*HOWEVER, THE NEED FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 19 ALSO FULLY RECOGNISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT A9 CHANGES IN FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES OR HEALTH CONDITIONS OFTEN GIVE RISE TO SUCH NEED BY SOME ELDERLY.

**WE ARE THEREFORE STRENGTHENING THESE SERVICES, AND THE PROVISION OF CARE AND ATTENTION PLACES WILL BE IMPROVED TO EIGHT PLACES PER 1,000 PEOPLE AGED OVER 60 FROM THE PREVIOUS FIVE PLACES 30 AS TO SPEED UP THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY, SHE ADDED.

MRS WONG COMMENDED THE EASTERN DISTRICT WOMEN'S WELFARE FOR PROVIDING SERVICES FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.

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