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HOME HELP CENTRE OPENS

FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1988

THE DIRECTOR OF

SOCIAL WELFARE, MR9 ELIZABETH WONG, TODAY HONG KONG (FRIDAY) COMMENDED THE

FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOME HELP SERVICE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SOCIETY'S WEST KOWLOON

THAT (LAI KOK) CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI PO, MRS WONG NOTED

THE SOCIETY USED TO ADOPT THE "HOME BASED MODEL" FOR ITS HOME HELP SERVICE, UNDER WHICH HOME HELPERS PREPARED MEALS, PURCHASED DAILY NECESSITIES AND CARRIED OUT LAUNDRY AND CLEANSING WORK AT THE CLIENTS' HOMES.

IMPLEMENTATION SHE SAID THAT SINCE THE

TO ASSIST

OF THE UNIFIED HOMB HELP POLICY IN 1982, THE SOCIETY HAD EXTENDED THIS SERVICE THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED.

IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICE, THE SOCIETY CARRIED OUT VARIOUS PILOT PROJECTS AND HAD ADOPTED THE "CENTRALISED KITCHEN

UNDER WHICH MEALS MODEL"

WERE PREPARED AND COOKED AT A CENTRAL KITCHEN AND THEN DELIVERED TO INDIVIDUAL CLIENT'S HOME, SHE SAID.

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'WHILE A CLIENT CAN BASED MODEL', MORE CLIENTS OF CENTRALISED KITCHEN AND

RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL CARE UNDER THE 'HOME ARE SERVED UNDER THE COMBINED FACILITIES LAUNDRY SERVICES, MRS WONG NOTED.

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"AS BOTH MODELS OF SERVICES ARE IN OPERATION IN THIS NEW OF CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI FU, WHERE THE ELDERLY MAKE UP SOME 14 PER CENT THE OVER 400,000 POPULATION, CLIENTS CAN OPT FOR THE MOST SUITED TO THEIR NEEDS.

MODEL WHICH IS

"I HOPE THE SOCIETY WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST ADDED.

FAMILIES

TO PROVIDE OR INDIVIDUALS

NEED,

MORE COMMUNITY IN

SHE

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITIES BILL

THE SECURITIES

(DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS)

BILL

1988 WAS

PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE BILL, FIRST PUBLISHED IN JUNE 1987 AS A WHITE BILL FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION, PROPOSES TO REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF LISTED COMPANIES INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG TO DISCLOSE THEIR SHAREHOLDINGS AND SHARE DEALINGS.

/MR DAVID