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THURSDAY, MA 23, 1991

HOWEVER,

THE

DESPITE

REPEATED TEAM'S STAY ON THE STREETS. SWD

PERSUASION AH

STAFF CONTINUED STILL PREFERRED TO CLOSELY MONITOR HIS CASE TO ENSURE HIS WELFARE WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

KONG TO

INDICATED HIS WILLINGNESS LATER ALLOCATED A PUBLIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ESCORT

IN EARLY JANUARY THIS YEAR AH KONG TO ACCEPT COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING AND WAS HOUSING UNIT. HE WAS

ALSO GIVEN

SERVICES FOR SETTING UP HIS NEW HOME LAST MONTH.

ACCORDING TO

FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

SWD

STATISTICS,

RECORDED STREET SLEEPERS HAD REJECTED

THE

MAJORITY

OF

VARIOUS OFFERS OF

MARCH, ABOUT 1,400 SHELTERS, 800

THE 990-ODD ASSISTANCE

IN THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDING

AND EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION IN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, 100 COMPASSIONATE OFFERS AND A SIMILAR NUMBER OF PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION OFFERS REJECTED BY STREET SLEEPERS.

OF

OFFERS OF OFFERS

REHOUSING HAD BEEN

DESPITE THE

HIGH

THIS WOULD NOT SWAY THE STREET SLEEPERS.

REJECTION

DEPARTMENT'S

AN RATE,

SWD DETERMINATION

SPOKESMAN SAID ΤΟ HELP THE

"JUST A FEW SUCCESSFUL CASES WOULD MEAN THAT OUR

中中

BEEN WORTHWHILE, HE SAID.

TO OBTAIN FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE

EFFORTS HAVE

SITUATION OF STREET CARTLAND, RECENTLY

SLEEPERS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. VISITED A NUMBER OF HOSTELS OPERATED BY THE STREET SLEEPERS SOCIETY.

TWENTY-ONE PASSED LICENTIATE EXAMINATION

* * *

OF HONG KONG THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL

HAVE PASSED ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT TWENTY-ONE CANDIDATES

PAPER) OF THE LICENTIATE THE PART II (ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL USE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS THIS YEAR.

BEEN

YEAR, IN HELD

THIS TWICE THE PART II EXAMINATION HAS

AND CHOICE OF EXAMINATION DATES MARCH AND MAY, GIVING CANDIDATES A

EXAMINATION TO ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO FAILED IN THE FIRST TAKE THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION AGAIN IN THE SAME YEAR.

OF THE 21 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, 18 PASSED THE MARCH AND THREE IN MAY.

II

EXAMINATION

IN

THIS

YEAR

THIS

EXAMINATION ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THE PART ARE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE PART 111 EXAMINATION SCHEDULED FOR JULY YEAR.

THE PART