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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1990

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WITH THE TREMENDOUS SPEED OF COMPUTER PROCESSES, ENQUIRIES ON THE IDENTITY OF AN ENUMERATOR RECEIVED THROUGH THE TELEPHONE HOTLINE CAN BE VERIFIED PROMPTLY.

THE FULL CENSUS WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM MARCH 15 TO 24 NEXT YEAR. DURING THESE 10 DAYS, CENSUS OFFICERS WILL VISIT ALL IN HONG KONG TO OBTAIN POPULATION DATA.

THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW INVITING APPLICATIONS ENUMERATION STAFF. THE RECRUITMENT EXERCISE IS MAINLY SENIOR STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND POST-SECONDARY AND TEACHERS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

HOUSEHOLDS

FOR TEMPORARY

TARGETTED AT INSTITUTIONS,

AS POPULATION DATA COLLECTED IN THE CENSUS IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE PLANNING OF GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MR HO CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, TO PARTICIPATE AS ENUMERATORS.

MORE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY PLANNED

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BE ELDERLY WILL

SET UP IF MORE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE

THE PAPER ON PLANNING RATIO IS IMPROVED AS SUGGESTED IN THE DRAFT WHITE

WELFARE, SOCIAL WELFARE RELEASED TWO DAYS AGO, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

LOK SIN TONG WAN LAP SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE

KEUNG CARTLAND POINTED OUT SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN TSUEN WAN, MR

WERE PLANNED OVER THE NEXT FIVE THAT A FURTHER 67 SOCIAL CENTRES

ALREADY 150 SUCH CENTRES IN EXISTENCE YEARS, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

IS IMPROVED PEOPLE AS

"EVEN MORE WILL BE REQUIRED IF THE PLANNING RATIO

FOR EVERY SOCIAL

ELDERLY CENTRE

3,000 TO PROVIDE ONE SUGGESTED IN THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE," HE SAID.

THE CENTRE, SUPPORT

MR CARTLAND NOTED THAT LOK SIN TONG, BY OPERATING HAD BEEN CONTRIBUTING TO THE NECESSARY EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE GROWING ELDERLY POPULATION.

ANOTHER

FEATURE OF THE

OUT,

HE CENTRE,

POINTED ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ELDERLY VOLUNTEER GROUP TO SERVE BOTH THE CENTRE AND THOSE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

WAS THE MEMBERS OF

SET UP AS GIVE EXTREMELY HE ADDED.

"I HOPE MORE SUCH ELDERLY VOLUNTEER GROUPS WILL BE SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE, IN FACT, VERY ACTIVE AND CAN USEFUL SERVICE TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY,"

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