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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1989

APPLICANTS

WOULD HAVE

TO PROVIDE

"FOR HOMES UNDER PLANNING, DETAILS ON PROOF OF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ABILITY.

PROPOSAL IS VIABLE AND "UPON BEING SATISFIED THAT THE PRACTICABLE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO BUY PLACES THESE NEW HOMES WHEN THEY ARE REGISTERED." HE SAID.

BOUGHT

FROM

MR PLACES, BOUGHT TERRITORY-WIDE WITH

THERE WERE

SAID CHUI FLEXIBILITY CONCENTRATIONS

IN

IN

OF

AS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL PLACES WOULD BE BUYING MORE PLACES IN DISTRICTS WHERE ELDERLY PERSONS AND HOMES.

SERVICE STANDARD WOULD ELDERLY PERSONS

HE SAID BOUGHT PLACES OF A REASONABLE BE USED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO CARE FOR ON THE CENTRAL WAITING LIST WHO NEEDED RESIDENTIAL CARE.

"EACH ELDERLY PERSON WILL PAY A FEE OF $650 TO $800 PER

HE SAID. DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY OF HOME THAT HE OCCUPIED,

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PRIVATE

HOMES

PROVIDING

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE CAPACITY OF ABOUT 9,100 BEDS WITH SOME 7,200 RESIDENTS.

TIME,

AT THE SAME RESIDENTIAL HOMES OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

MONTH,

A

TOTAL

THERE

ARE

TYPES

CLOSE TO RUN BY THE

IN 10,000

SOCIAL WELFARE

PLACES

THE GOVERNMENT IS

MAKING

SPECIAL

PROVISION OF

SERVICES FOR RESIDENTIAL ANTICIPATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION PLACES WILL BE AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

EFFORTS TO INCREASE ELDERLY PERSONS.

IT OF ABOUT 7,000 SUBVENTED

THE

IS

0

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HK SHOULD BE PROUD OF FIRE SERVICES' PERFORMANCE

HONG KONG SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WHICH IS A HIGHLY EFFICIENT EMERGENCY SERVICE ENJOYING A GOOD REPUTATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR LAU WONG-FAT SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE JOINT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YUEN LONG FIRE

MR LAU STATION AND AMBULANCE DEPOT THIS MORNING,

SAID IT WAS THE DUTY OF FIREMEN AND

SAVE LIVES IN THE EVENT OF DISASTERS.

AMBULANCEMEN

ΤΟ

"THEIR WORK REQUIRES SUITABLE SKILL, COURAGE. PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, HE SAID.

CONFIDENCE.

AMBULANCE

MR LAU ADDED THAT WITH THE USE OF ADVANCED FIRE AND EQUIPMENT, THE EFFICIENCY IN RESCUE WORK HAD BEEN GREATLY ENHANCED.

/"THIS MAKES

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