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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1989

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WONG TAI SIN'S FIRST DAY CARE CENTRE FOR ELDERLY

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SERVICES PROVIDED BY DAY CARE CENTRES ENABLE ELDERLY PEOPLE

RELIEVE THEIR FAMILIES REMAIN SOCIALLY ACTIVE, AND AT THE SAME TIME

DIRECTOR OF THE NEED TO LOOK AFTER THEM DURING THE DAY. THE ASSISTANT OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

ARMY'S

CHUK

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SALVATION

SIN, MR CHUI SAID YUEN DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN WONG TAI

ELDERLY PEOPLE IN DECLINING HEALTH THE CENTRES AIMED AT PROVIDING WITH DAY CARE, NURSING SERVICE AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

FROM THE

THE SERVICES PROVIDED RANGED

SERVING LAUNDRY, COUNSELLING, MEDICAL CHECKS AND GROUP ACTIVITIES.

OF

MEALS ΤΟ

60,000 NOTING THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE REPRESENTED 17.8 PER CENT OR

MR CHUI SAID OF THE TOTAL PUBLIC HOUSING POPULATION IN WONG TAI SIN, THE LOCAL DEMAND FOR ELDERLY SERVICES WAS VERY HIGH.

ΤΟ CONTINUED "THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS STRENGTHEN THE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IN WONG TAI SIN.

IMPROVE AND

'AND THE CHUK YUEN DAY CARE CENTRE IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

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MR CHUI COMMENDED THE

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SALVATION ARMY FOR

PROVIDING A WIDE

RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG SINCE 1930.

MALAYSIAN OFFICIALS LEARN ABOUT LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL

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THREE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE STATE OF SELANGOR, MALAYSIA RECENTLY VISITED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

LEARN ABOUT (EPD) TO

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG.

STUDIED

THE

DURING THEIR THREE-DAY VISIT, THE TRIO ALSO TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF VARIOUS LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT METHODS.

PROGRAMME

BY

PRINCIPAL

THE DELEGATION WAS RECEIVED AND BRIEFED ON THE

MR JOHN THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,

AND BOXALL, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, DR DANIEL LAU.

SEVERE DURING THE VISIT, THE DELEGATION SAW FOR THEMSELVES THE

LIVESTOCK WASTE LIVESTOCK WASTE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN YUEN LONG, THE COLLECTION SERVICES OFFERED BY EPD, AND

OF THE OPERATION

NGAU

TAM MEI MANURE COMPOSTING PLANT.

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