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SWD FOSTER CARE UNIT ON MOVE

FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1991

THE CENTRAL FOSTER CARE UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WILL OPERATE FROM ITS NEW OFFICE AT FOURTH FLOOR, 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL FROM TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

WELFARE

HARBOUR

IN

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE INTERESTED CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO MAKE ENQUIRIES AT THE UNIT OR CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION.

DEPARTMENT

BUILDING,

FOSTERING

852 3113

SAT KUNG DB REPORT PUBLISHED

*

THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD REPORT, WHICH DETAILS WORK IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED.

THE

BOARD'S

72-I'AGE

THE REPORT, KUNG HAS ALWAYS BEEN

DISTRICT

KNOWN

OFFICER FOR ITS

IN THE PREFACE OF THE SA1 MR FREDERICK TONG SAID TRANQUILITY AND SCENIC BEAUTY.

RETAIN THEIR

ΤΟ THE

NATURAL BALANCED

MOST OF THE AREAS IN THE DISTRICT STILL LANDSCAPE AND RURAL, CHARACTERISTICS, WHICH IS VITAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.

MR TONG ALSO POINTED OUT THAT SAI KUNG IS ONE GROWING ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS IN THE TERRITORY.

OF THE FASTEST

HAS NOW TOTAL

"TSEUNG KWAN O, AT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT,

THE TRIPLING BECOME A NEW TOWN WITH OVER

RESIDENTS, 80,000 POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT TO ABOUT 125,000 IN JUST A FEW YEARS.

BOARD

"FACING SUCH CHANGES, THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT HARD TO HELP NEWCOMERS SETTLE DOWN, AS WELL AS TO CATER TO SO THAT THE TRADITIONAL OF THE OLD AND NEW COMMUNITIES RELATIONS IN THE DISTRICT ARE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHENED,

INTO

EIGHT

CHAPTERS,

THE REPORT IS DIVIDED INTRODUCTION ON THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD'S REFERENCE, SCOPE OF WORK, AND A DETAILED STUDY BOARD'S SIX WORKING COMMITTEES.

HAS WORKED THE NEEDS HARMONIOUS

H

HE SAID,

A

WITH

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP, TERMS OF ON THE WORK OF THE

THE

[S REPORT

ALSO ILLUSTRATED

BY

MORE

THAN 80

PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING A SERIES OF AERIAL PICTURES CAPTURING THE SCENIC SPOTS IN THE DISTRICT.

COLOUR MOST

RARE COLLECTION, MAKING "THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARE INDEED A

A VIVID ILLUSTRATION THE REPORT NOT ONLY A WORKING RECORD, BUT ALSO

MR TONG SAID. ON THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE DISTRICT,'

ON

AT THE THE REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC'S REFERENCE

THE FIFTH FLOOR, SAI KUNG GOVERNMENT SAI KUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY

KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE'S OFFICES BUILDING, SAI KUNG TOWN; AND THE SAI

HOUSE, PO PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE ON THE GROUND FLOOR, PO NING LAM ESTATE, TSEUNG KWAN 0.