XN000022-1991-09-10 — Page 6

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1991

DURING THEIR DISCUSSIONS,

MR JIMI SAID THERE WAS GREAT INTEREST IN THE PROJECT AND HE SOUGHT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE TENDERING SCHEDULE.

MORE THAN 100 BUSINESSMEN ALSO ATTENDED A LUNCHEON LECTURE ORGANISED BY THE JAPAN/HONG KONG SOCIETY AT WHICH THE CHIEF SECRETARY SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE ABILITY OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMY то COPE WITH THE MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT.

TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)

MEETINGS, INCLUDING

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER BUSY ROUND of

BREAKFAST

MEETING

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WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS WHO HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN HONG KONG.

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SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES CONTINUE EXPANDING

GOODSTADT,

THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ROSE TODAY (TUESDAY) GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WOULD TRY ITS BEST TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES TO COPE WITH THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WELFARE

MRS GOODSTADT WAS SPEAKING ON THE PROVISIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF LIONS CLUB OF SOUTH KOWLOON AT A TSIM SHA TSUI HOTEL.

WELFARE INTO

"THE INTRODUCTION OF THE WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL THE 1990'S AND BEYOND BY THE GOVERNMENT INDICATES ITS COMMITMENT ΤΟ LOCAL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES," SHE NOTED.

ON THE EXPANSION OF SERVICES, SHE SAID A GIRLS' HOSTEL WOULD COME INTO OPERATION IN TUEN MUN IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, ΤΟ PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL TRAININGS FOR GIRLS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.

"SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, WE SHÅLL EXTEND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDER (CSO) SCHEME FROM THREE TO SIX MAGISTRÁCIES BEFORE THE CLOSURE OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR," SHE SAID.

ON CHILDREN'S WELFARE, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD INTRODUCE A CHILb SUPPLEMENT OF $185 PER MONTH UNDER THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME то PROVIDE GREATER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, STARTING FROM NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.

"THIS WILL BENEFIT ABOUT 20,500 CHILDREN, MRS GOODSTÅDT NOTED.

"NEXT MONTH, WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE ON MEASURES AGAINST LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED AT HOME," SHE ADDED.

MRS GOODSTADT POINTED OUT THAT AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE COVERAGE OF SOCIAL WELFARE WAS DIVERSIFIED.

"SOCIAL WELFARE COVERS A WIDE ASPECT OF SERVICES, WHICH AIM AT RESOLVING SOCIAL PROBLEMS,' SHE ADDED.

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