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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990

PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SERVICES FOR ELDERLY URGED

THE

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. MR M.D. (FRIDAY) APPEALED FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

CARTLAND, TODAY

SPEAKING AT A CHEQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, CIVIC-MINDED RESIDENT, MRS LEUNG KWAI-YEE, PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $1.5 IN WHICH A MILLION AS A DONATION TOWARDS SETTING UP A HOME FOR CARTLAND SAID THE GOVERNMENT UNDERTOOK TO PROVIDE

THE ELDERLY, MR THE ELDERLY, IN PARTICULAR RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES.

SERVICES FOR

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MORE

THIS DIRECTION, THE HELP OF

IN PACE WITH

'WHILE PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING CHANNELLED MORE FACILITIES CAN BE PROVIDED AT A FASTER PRIVATE DONATIONS, SUCH AS THIS ONE," HE ADDED.

MR CARTLAND PAID TRIBUTE TO MRS LEUNG FOR HER AND GENEROSITY, ADDING THAT SHE HAD SET A VERY GOOD

COMMUNITY.

PUBLIC-SPIRIT

EXAMPLE TO THE

THE NEW HOME, SITUATED IN CHEUNG ON ESTATE ON TSING YI, FIRST HOME FOR THE ELDERLY WITH A CARE-AND-ATTENTION ESTABLISHED IN A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE.

UNIT

IS

THE TO BE

SERVICE, TO PROVIDE UNIT OF 45

UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HONG KONG LUTHERAN SOCIAL IT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OPERATION IN JULY THIS YEAR AND 125 RESIDENTIAL PLACES, INCLUDING PLACES.

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CARE-AND-ATTENTION

WATER POLLUTION LEGISLATION TO BE STRENGTHENED

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WATER-POLLUTING INDUSTRIES IN

TO

FUTURE WOULD BE SUBJECTED MORE STRINGENT MEASURES IF A PROPOSAL

ΤΟ GIVE THE GOVERNMENT MORE LEGAL POWER TO CONTROL WATER POLLUTION IS PASSED INTO LAW.

THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, WHICH SEEKS TO REMOVE THE RIGHT OF EXEMPTION FOR DISCHARGES IN FUTURE WATER CONTROL ZONES (WCZ'S) AND TO REPLACE EXEMPTION BY A LICENSING SYSTEM, IS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

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UNDER THE EXISTING LEGISLATION, DISCHARGES IN EXISTENCE WHEN WCZ IS DECLARED ARE ENTITLED TO BE EXEMPTED FROM LICENSING CONTROL UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DISCHARGE VOLUMB IS INCREASED BY MORE THAN, 30 PER CENT.

"SUCH EXEMPTIONS ARE TANTAMOUNT TO PERMITS TO POLLUTE, AND THIS CAN NO LONGER BE TOLERATED, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT OF THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH, MR MARTIN LEWIS, SAID.

/MR LEWIS