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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1990

SHE SAID

THE

WELFARE

DEPARTMENT

HAD

TAKEN

OF

FLAG

DAYS

VARIOUS HELD BY

SOCIAL THE PROPER MANAGEMENT

MEASURES TO ENSURE CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS,

NECESSARY

"TWO LETTERS WERE ISSUED IN NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER SUCH ORGANISERS, ADVISING THEM TO TAKE ALL MONITORING THE EXECUTION OF FLAG DAYS.

ALL

"THE

1989 ΤΟ

STEPS

IN

ORGANISATIONS WERE ALSO ADVISED NOT TO DELIVER FLAGS COLLECTION BAGS TO VOLUNTEERS MORE THAN SIX DAYS IN ADVANCE.

GENERAL

"ON DECEMBER 27, 1989, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A RELEASE TO ANNOUNCE THAT ADVISORY LETTERS HAD BEEN ISSUED TO ALL DAY ORGANISERS," SHE SAID.

WONG

TO MRS

POINTED

AVOID OUT THAT IN ORDER INCIDENTS IN FUTURE, AS WELL AS TO ALLAY PUBLIC CONCERN, WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY TAKEN FURTHER STEPS.

AND

PRESS

FLAG

SUCH SIMILAR

THE SOCIAL

A CHINESE "BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT,

22 WHICH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED A FEATURE ARTICLE ON FEBRUARY DETAILED THE CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES ADOPTED IN THE ALLOCATION OF FLAG DAYS, THE FINANCIAL MONITORING PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS THE DATES HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS DURING 1990.

WHICH

TWO

AMONGST

"FURTHERMORE, STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT GAVE SEPARATE TELEVISION INTERVIEWS EARLIER THIS MONTH TO EXPLAIN,

FLAG OTHER THINGS, THE CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF

ΤΟ DAYS AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT FOR FLAG DAY ORGANISERS TO SUBMIT

RECEIPT AND THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AUDITED ACCOUNTS OF THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS RAISED.

9 + "IN ADDITION, DEPARTMENTAL STAFF HELD DISCUSSIONS ON MARCH

A WITH

то DAY ORGANISERS

VIEW

RESOLVING ANY FLAG

COMMON ACTIVITIES," SHE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SUCH

WITH

SAID.

TSRUNG KWAN O CLINIC TO OPEN IN AUGUST

BE

AND WELFARE. COUNCIL TODAY

THE FIRST CLINIC IN TSEUNG KWAN O, LOCATED IN AREA 22, WILL COMPLETED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, TOLD THE (WEDNESDAY).

LEGISLATIVE

HON LAM WAI-KEUNG, FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY SECOND CLINIC IN

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE MRS WONG SAID THAT TO COPE WITH INCREASED DEMAND ARISING POPULATION GROWTH IN TSEUNG KWAN O, THE MEDICAL COMMITTEE HAD RECENTLY ENDORSED THE PROPOSAL FOR A THE AREA.

/"THIS SECOND