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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1991

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DOCUMENTS

"STATUTORY DECLARATIONS FOR OFFICIAL USE MEANS THOSE THAT ARE REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHILE NON-OFFICIAL OR PRIVATE STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ARE THOSE REQUIRED BY NON-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS FOR PRIVATE PURPOSES SUCH AS FOR EMPLOYMENT, EMIGRATION, EDUCATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AND CLAIMS OF LOSS OF DOCUMENT, A CNTA SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

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AS FOR THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID THEY AROSE FROM A REVIEW OF THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE OPERATED BY THE CNTA AND THE INCREASING NUMBER AND VARIETY OF OFFICIAL AND NON-OFFICIAL DECLARATIONS BEING ADMINISTERED AT THE PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES (PESC's).

AS A RESULT, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED ΤΟ REVIEW AND REDUCE THEIR STATUTORY DECLARATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO ADMINISTER THE DECLARATIONS THEMSELVES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PUBLIC.

THE

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE CNTA PESC'S AND CENTRAL TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SYSTEM (TEL. NO. 835 1501) WOULD HELP TO REFER MEMBERS OF PUBLIC TO THE DESIGNATED OFFICES OF OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS THE ADMINISTRATION OF OFFICIAL STATUTORY DECLARATIONS.

FOR

0

FURTHER EXPANSION OF RESIDENTIAL CARE PLACES NECESSARY

TOTAL FURTHER EXPANSION WILL BE NECESSARY TO BRING THE OF RESIDENTIAL CARE PLACES FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN SUBVENTED

THE DIRECTOR OF UP TO SOME 20,000 BY THE END OF THE DECADE, WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

NUMBER HOMES

SOCIAL

OF TUNG WAH GROUP OF CEREMONY SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

ELDERLY, MR CARTLAND POINTED OUT HOSPITALS' CHAN HAN HOME FOR THE

KEEP PACE WITH THE GROWING THAT THE EXPANSION WAS NECESSARILY TO ELDERLY POPULATION, WHICH WOULD CLOSE TO ONE MILLION BY THE YEAR 2000.

INTO THE

5,000

THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE

ADDITIONAL FOR AN 1990S AND BEYOND

THE PROVISION PROPOSES PLACES IN HOMES FOR THE AGED AND CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES BY 1995-96.

"WHILST IT IS

ESSENTIAL

AS

TO QUICKLY

PROVIDE

AS

AN

OF

BE

ADEQUATE SUPPLY

SHOULD IT POSSIBLE, PLACES CARE RESIDENTIAL

THE ELDERLY REMEMBERED THAT ONLY A COMPARATIVELY SMALL PROPORTION OF

OF OVER 60, ABOUT THREE PER CENT, WILL ACTUALLY NEED RESIDENTIAL CARE ONE TYPE OR ANOTHER," MR CARTLAND SAID.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE CAN EXPECT OF A AND ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE PROVISION COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES.

TO REMAIN FIT WIDE RANGE OF

RANGE OF

THE SERVICES COMPRISED FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND A FULL DIRECT SERVICES, INCLUDING COUNSELLING, HOME HELP AND RESPITE SERVICE,

THE FAMILIES CONCERNED WHICH AIMED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO AND TO GIVE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY SINGLETONS,

HE EXPLAINED.

/"IN PROVIDING