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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1989

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SURVEY ON DEMAND FOR HOME HELP SERVICE

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL START A

SURVEY NEXT MONTH

TO ASCERTAIN THE ACTUAL DEMAND FOR THE HOME HELP SERVICE, THE DEPARTMENT'S DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (CENTRAL AND WESTERN/ISLANDS), MRS KATHERINE SHIN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG WESTERN CENTRE ISLANDS) HOME HELP OFFICE OF THE HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY, MRS SHIN SAID THE SURVEY WOULD BE CONDUCTED BY THE JOINT WORKING GROUP ON HOME HELP SERVICE SET UP BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

SHE SAID DATA COLLECTION WOULD TAKE ABOUT HALF A YEAR REPORT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1990.

'I HOPE THAT BASING ON A SCIENTIFIC AND SYSTEMATIC LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SERVICE COULD BE DRAWN UP THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC," SHE SAID.

AND THE

STUDY, A то MEET

MRS SHIN SAID THE HOME HELP SERVICE HAD BEEN SUBVENTED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1976 AND THAT THERE WERE NOW 50 HOME HELF TEAMS PROVIDED BY 12 VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

THE SERVICE AIMED AT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH ELDERLY, DISABLED WERE UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES FUNCTIONING OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD, SHE SAID.

APPROPRIATE TEMPORARY OR YOUNG MEMBERS WHO OR MAINTAIN THE NORMAL

SERVICES RENDERED BY HOME HELP TEAMS INCLUDED MEAL DELIVERY, LAUNDRY SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD CLEANING, DELIVERY AND PURCHASE OF DAILY NECESSITIES.

MRS SHIN COMMENDED THE HONG KONG FAMILY WELFARE SOCIETY FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS WELFARE SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS.

ASSOCIATION COMMENDED FOR SERVING MENTALLY HANDICAPPED

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR KWOK KA-CHI, TODAY (FRIDAY) COMMENDED THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS SERVING THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED FOR ITS UNCEASING EFFORTS IN PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.

"APART FROM SUFFICIENT RESOURCES AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, THE INITIATIVE, ENTHUSIASM AND HIGH QUALITY OF THE PERSONNEL SERVING THE DISABLED ARE INDISPENSABLE IN THE SUCCESS OF REHABILITATION SERVICES," MR KWOK SAID.

/HE NOTED