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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1988

PROFESSIONAL

AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS

130

+17.1

+30.0

LEATHER PRODUCTS

AND FOOTWEAR (EXCEPT RUBBER,

PLASTIC AND WOODEN FOOTWEAR)

130

-7.1

+15.0

WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS,

AND FURNITURE AND FIXTURES

(EXCEPT PRIMARILY OF METAL)

94

-11.3

+6.8

TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

119

+15.5

+11.2

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, N.E.S.

128

+5.8

+2.4

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

HELPING STREET SLEEPERS

121

+3.4

+15.2

DIFFICULT YET CHALLENGING

ASSISTING STREET SLEEPERS IS A DIFFICULT YET A HIGHLY CHALLENGING TASK, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (FAMILY WELFARE), MR ALFRED CHUI, TOLD A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE VOLUNTEERS WERE ATTENDING A TRAINING WORKSHOP ON HOW ΤΟ WORK WITH STREET SLEEPERS IN WEST KOWLOON/NEW TERRITORIES REGIONS AT YAU MA TEI.

MR CHUI ALSO CALLED FOR COMPASSION AND CONCERN FROM THE PUBLIC TO DEMONSTRATE TO STREET SLEEPERS THAT THEY WERE NOT DESERTED BY THE

COMMUNITY.

HE NOTED THAT SOME STREET SLEEPERS, BECAUSE OF OLD AGE, ILLNESS, DISABILITIES OR MENTAL DISORDER, WERE HIGHLY-SUSPICIOUS OF STRANGERS, INCLUDING EVEN PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO RENDER THEM ASSISTANCE.

"THUS, WE NEED

PEOPLE WHO

UNDERSTANDING TO BEFRIEND THEM AND WIN SERVE THEM," HE SAID.

ARE PATIENT, CARING AND THEIR TRUST BEFORE WE CAN

/"THERE IS