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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1990

MR CARTLAND WAS BRIEFED BY STAFF MEMBERS ON BY THE DEPARTMENT TO HELP STREET SLEEPERS.

THE EFFORTS MADE

THE DEPARTMENT KEEPS A CENTRAL REGISTRY ON STREET SLEEPERS REGULARLY MONITORS THE SITUATION.

AND

STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF DOWN AS SOCIAL WORKERS PERSISTENTLY ACCOMMODATION.

TRY TO

STREET

HELP

SLEEPERS HAS GONE THEM то MOVE TO

AS AT JANUARY 31, THERE WERE 1,031 STREET KONG, COMPARED WITH 1,133 IN APRIL 1989,

IN 1,343 1,319 IN APRIL 1987.

SLEEPERS IN HONG

APRIL 1988,

AND

WERE HELPED

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, OVER 800 STREET SLEEPERS BY THE DEPARTMENT TO MOVE INTO PUBLIC HOUSING, HOSTELS AND TENEMENTS.

MR CARTLAND ALSO VISITED AN URBAN HOSTEL IN TUNG KUN STREET. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT

FOR STREET SLEEPERS SUITABLE PREMISES FOR THE SECOND URBAN HOSTEL, ON HONG KONG ISLAND,

IS LOOKING FOR

BLANKETS FOR STREET SLEEPERS

A TOTAL OF 24 BLANKETS AND SLEEPING BAGS WERE DISTRIBUTED то STREET SLEEPERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES DURING THE WEEKEND, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

OF THESE, 18 WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 12 STREET SLEEPERS IN NEW TERRITORIES EAST WHILE SIX WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THREE BENEFICIARIES IN NEW TERRITORIES WEST.

TWENTY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT WERE MOBILISED IN THE

OPERATION.

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