XN000022-1989-11-06 — Page 7

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1989

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TO ACHIEVE THIS. THE GROUP FELT THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES SHOULD BE SHOULD BE MADE MORE READILY AVAILABLE AND ELDERLY PERSONS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THEM.

THE GROUP ALSO FELT THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE ALL HOUSING SERVICES WHICH CATER SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NEEDS OF

HOUSING ΤΟ ABLE-BODIED ELDERLY AND THE TRANSITION FROM ONE FORM OF ANOTHER SHOULD BE MADE AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE WORKING GROUP INCLUDE:

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A

SCHEME SHOULD BE

INTRODUCED,

FOR FAMILIES WITH NEW APPLICATION

WHEREBY PERSONS ELDERLY

WITH YOUNG FAMILIES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO APPLY

OR DEPENDENTS FOR TWO THEIR

PARENTS ELDERLY SEPARATE FLATS IN THE SAME PUBLIC HOUSING IN NEW TOWNS:

BLOCK

ENCOURAGED

YOUNG FAMILIES IN NEW TOWNS SHOULD BE TO ADD ELDERLY PARENTS OR RELATIVES FROM PUBLIC HOUSING OR PRIVATE TENANCIES TO THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. ELDERLY AND APPLY FOR LARGER FLATS IN NEW TOWNS. PARENTS OR RELATIVES ALLOWED TO ADD CHILDREN OR RELATIVES IN OLD URBAN APPLY FOR ESTATES TO THEIR TRANSFERS TO LARGER FLATS IN NEW TOWNS :

IN NEW

TOWNS SHOULD BE

AND TENANCIES

IN FUTURE, PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES SHOULD BE BUILT

REDESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE

OR

SYSTEM

OF

DEMOGRAPHICALLY

ACCOMMODATION. INCLUDING SHELTERED HOUSING. HOMES FOR THE HOME CUM CARE AND ATTENTION/INFIRMARY UNITS HOME-HELF SERVICES, WHICH SHOULD BE EXPANSION OR FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT:

RELATED

AGED,

AND

CAPABLE OF

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FAMILIES ON THE WAITING LIST UNDER

SCHEME SHOULD PARENTS PRIORITY

TWO HOUSING ALLOCATION ADVANCED BY PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED LIST FOR

THE ELDERLY HAVE THEIR YEARS. ON THE

NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS. THE SCIIEME FAMILIES WITH

SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO

ELDERLY PARENTS BUT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE OTHER DEPENDENT ELDERLY RELATIVES:

BE CONVERTED FOR THE AGED,

FOR THE ELDERLY SOME OF THE EXISTING HOSTELS

TO

AND CARE EVENTUALLY SHOULD

AND THAT HOSTEL ATTENTION HOMES

SCHEMES TENANTS BE REHOUSED IN SHELTERED HOUSING WITHIN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS WHEREVER POSSIBLE. THE REMAINING HOSTELS SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR CATEGORIES OF TENANTS WHO WERE UNIQUELY SUITED TO THIS TYPE OF SERVICES:

CERTAIN

OLDER ESTATES