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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1988

MR CHUI NOTED THAT

IN ADDITION TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SERVICES WERE NOW ALSO PROVIDED TO ASSIST THE ELDERLY TO SPEND THEIR ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY LEISURE MORE MEANINGFULLY, TO TAKE A MORE LIFE TO IMPROVE THEIR INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS.

OTHER SERVICES

ALSO HELP THE ELDERLY KEEP IN TOUCH

IN SOCIETY SO THAT THEY WOULD BE

A BETTER POSITION TO COPE SOCIAL CHANGES AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS AS WELL AS TO WIDEN THEIR AND TO EXERCISE THEIR POTENTIALS.

"THE SIZE OF A CENTRE HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 169 WHILE IN STAFF ESTABLISHMENT, THE CENTRE SUPERVISOR HAS TO A TRAINED SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT," HE ADDED.

"AS

WITH

WITH VISION

SQUARE METRES BEEN CHANGED

WAS THERE

EXPANSION IN

THE BOTH SPACE

MANNING, AND

HAS

PER ALSO BEEN CHANGED TO ONE CENTRE PLANNING RATIO

30,000 EXCLUDING RENT AND POPULATION AND THE SUBVENTION FOR EACH CENTRE, RATES, HAS REACHED SOMB $190,000 PER ANNUM," HE SAID.

METRES AND A

PLANNING ORIGINALLY, THE

RATIO WAS ONE CENTRE PER 20,000 POPULATION WHILE THE STANDARD SIZE OF A CENTRE WAS 97 SQUARE A WELFARE WORKER AND THE STAFF ESTABLISHMENT COMPRISED ONLY WORKMAN.

ABOUT THE AVERAGE SUBVENTION IN A YEAR WAS RENT AND RATES.

$50,000 EXCLUDING

TO

FINANCIAL YEAR, ΤΟ SET UP AN WORK ASSISTANT

CURRENT MR CHUI ADDED THAT STARTING FROM THE FUNDS

AGENCIES CONCERNED WOULD BE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL POST OF CO-ORDINATOR AT THE SENIOR SOCIAL RANK TO SUPERVISE SIX CENTRES.

FOR THE BUT

"ALL THESE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRES ELDERLY ARE NOT ONLY DUE TO THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS IN POLICY,

THE SUPPORT OF VOLUNTARY ALSO ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CO-OPERATION AND

OF SERVICE," AGENCIES IN THEIR DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROVISION HE SAID.

NOTED THAT THERE HAD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE,

HIGHER

CHUI MR

DISABILITY ALLOWANCE

ALLOWANCE SCHEME.

AND THE

ALSO BEEN IMPROVEMENTS NAMELY THE INTRODUCTION OF

OF THE

AGE EXPANSION

IN

A

OLD

CONCLUDING, HE COMMENDED THE

AGENCY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS

TO MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG THE PAST 40 YEARS.

OVER

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