SCS PAYS VISIT TO TREASURY
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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1990
THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE (THURSDAY) WAS GIVEN AN INSIGHT INTO THE OPERATIONS DURING A VISIT TO ITS VARIOUS DIVISIONS.
WIGGHAM, TODAY OF THE TREASURY
MR C.F.M. FUNDS BRANCH
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING SERVICES, O'KELLY, MR WIGGHAM VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S PROVIDENT AND COMPUTER DIVISION OF THE ACCOUNTING SERVICES BRANCH.
MR WIGGHAM ALSO HAD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TREASURY.
AND
EXCHANGED VIEWS
TODAY'S VISIT WAS THE 12TH IN A SERIES OF FAMILIARISATION
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DEPARTMENTS, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT
VISITS SERVICES, DEPARTMENTS.
THE SOCIAL
WELFARE, THE
INCLUDING EDUCATION AND
THE
THE
URBAN TRANSPORT
ACTION TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN BEDSPACE APARTMENTS:
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HOME
AFFAIRS,
MR
PETER
TO
BE
TSAO,
ΤΟ TAKEN
SAID IMPROVE
THIS
THE
THE SECRETARY FOR (THURSDAY) EVENING THAT MEASURES HAVE
CONDITIONS OF BEDSPACE APARTMENTS.
OF THE ZONTA CLUB OF
SPEAKING AT THE INSTALLATION CEREMONY KOWLOON, HE EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE "VERY POOR" LIVING CONDITIONS THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE APARTMENTS.
THAT
THERE
WERE
HE POINTED OUT LIVING IN ABOUT 150 BEDSPACE APARTMENTS, SHUI PO, CENTRAL AND WESTERN, YAU TSIM AND WERE OLD PEOPLE, AND ABOUT 35 PER CENT of FORM OF WELFARE SERVICES.
OF
MEN
" CAGED ROUGHLY
4,200 IN
кок, MOSTLY
MONG
SHAM
CHAI. WAN
MANY OF THEM THEM WERE RECEIVING SOME
MR TSAO SAID HE HAD VISITED SOME BEDSPACE APARTMENTS, AND FOUND AS OBSOLETE AND BY A
OF PROBLEMS, AFFECTED
VARIETY
BOLTED
THEM DEFICIENT SANITATION, ILLEGAL WIRING AND ON TO THE OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS.
SUCH
STRUCTURES UNLAWFUL
LIGHTING
"MY BIGGEST WORRY IS OVER-CROWDING. ARE POOR OWING TO THE CONGESTED PLACING OF TRIPLE-BUNK AND KITCHEN FACILITIES ARE GROSSLY INADEQUATE.
AND VENTILATION BEDS. TOILETS
IN QUEUE BEFORE THE OTHER HE NOTED.
"I HAVE SEEN ELDERLY LODGERS WHO HAVE TO TAKE THEIR DINNER, BED, AT 4 PM IN ORDER TO BE AT THE HEAD OF RESIDENTS RETURN AFTER WORK IN THE EVENING,
"
/MEASURES WERE
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