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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1989

FROM

"ALSO, SOCIAL CASE CONFERENCES, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE ADMINISTRATION, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE SWD, WILL BE LEVEL TO TACKLE EMERGENCY CASES.

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INVOLVING

REPRESENTATIVES

CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES THE POLICE, THE HOSPITAL CONVENED AT THE DISTRICT

ANALYSIS

BY

A LONG PERIOD OF

SAID NOTING THE INCREASE IN FAMILY CASES, MR LAW THE DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT MANY CASES REQUIRED ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OTHER SUPPORTING SERVICES WERE INADEQUATE.

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FURTHER EXPANSION OF CHILD CARE AND HOME HELP SERVICES WILL HELP REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON FAMILY SERVICES, HE SAID.

MR LAW ALSO SAID THAT THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF FAMILY SERVICES IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED, WITH A COMPREHENSIVE

DIRECT AND NETWORK COVERING BOTH

SUPPORTING

AS SERVICES

WELL AS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMMES BUT THERE WAS STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

STEP UP

NOT EXISTING

"AS THE PROBLEMS OF SHORTAGE OF PROFESSIONAL MANPOWER WILL BE RESOLVED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE NEED TO FURTHER SERVICES, PLANNING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS TRAINING, QUALITY OF SERVICE, ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT CLIENTS' PROBLEMS CAN BE PROMPTLY SOLVED, HE SAID.

OF SERVICES SO

THAT

ELDERLY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING WELFARE SERVICE

ALFRED

IN THE PROVISION OF SENIOR RESIDENTS ARE AN IMPORTANT ASSET WELFARE SERVICES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR CHUI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

ON SEMINAR

VOLUNTEER

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A ELDERLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AT AND EXHIBITION CENTRE IN WAN CHAI.

THE

SERVICE FOR

THE CONVENTION

AGENCIES VOLUNTARY MR CHUI NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND ALWAYS ATTACHED IMPORTANCE TO THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY.

HAD

"EXISTING SERVICES FOR

THE

SERVICES, RESIDENTIAL CARE, HOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE," HE SAID.

ELDERLY INCLUDE

COMPASSIONATE HELP.

DAY VARIOUS REHOUSING AND

THAT ELDERLY

ALTHOUGH THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE THE MISCONCEPTION PEOPLE WERE JUST SERVICE CONSUMERS, MR CHUI POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY BEEN TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE AND VOLUNTARY WORK OVER THE YEARS.

IN PROVIDING COMMUNITY SERVICE

/HE CALLED