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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,

1992

SHE

ADDED,

THE PROVISION

SUCH OF

TRAINING WOULD

HOWEVER, PROBABLY NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR IMPACT ON THE PROBLEM OF STREET SLEEPERS.

ACCORDING

то

STREET

IN

1991 YEAR,

SLEEPERS THE

SURVEY ON ANNUAL

MARCH LAST WELFARE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL CONDUCTED BY THE UNEMPLOYMENT WAS NOT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS CITED BY STREET SLEEPERS FOR BEING HOMELESS.

CAN BE FOR

IN FACT, A STREET SLEEPER WITH NORMAL WORKING ABILITY REFERRED TO THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT JOB PLACEMENT.

PATIENTS CAN THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED OR EX-MENTAL

DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE ALSO BE REFERRED TO THE

PLACEMENT DIVISION IN THE AS DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEMS, SUCH WHILE THOSE WITH SOCIAL

EMPLOYMENT CAN BE REFERRED TO THE PAST OR PERSONALITY SERVICE OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR JOB PLACEMENT.

PROBLEMS,

OF

SERVICES

FURTHERMORE, THE FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES AND OUTREACH TEAMS THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDED MANY OUTREACHING FOR STREET SLEEPERS, MRS WONG SAID.

UP "ALTHOUGH NO FORMAL MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS HAVE BEEN SET

BEEN CLOSE CO- ΤΟ REACH OUT TO STREET SLEEPERS, THERE HAS ALWAYS

ENSURE THAT CONCERTED OPERATION AMONGST GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO

SHE ADDED. EFFORTS ARE TAKEN TO HELP STREET SLEEPERS,

T

COMPLAINTS ON WATER COOLING TOWERS

*

THE GREAT MAJORITY OF

COMPLAINTS RECEIVED

ON

WATER COOLING SECRETARY INFORMED THE

THE NOISE CREATED,

BARNES,

TOWERS WERE BELIEVED TO RELATE TO THE FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

BY THE HON GILBERT LEUNG LAST TWO YEARS, ABOUT 500 ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION KAM-HO, MR BARNES SAID IN EACH OF THE COMPLAINTS RELATING TO NOISE WERE RECEIVED, COMPLAINTS RECEIVED IN 1989 WAS MUCH LOWER.

TOWERS, OR AS "COMPLAINTS AS TO THE STRUCTURAL SAFETY OF THE

THEM ARE BELIEVED ΤΟ BE TO NUISANCE CAUSED BY WATER DRIPPING FROM FEW," HE SAID.

WATER COOLING MR BARNES SAID COMPLAINTS AS TO NOISE CAUSED BY

WERE THE TOWERS

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD), AS TO THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF THE TOWERS (BOO), AND THEIR SUPPORTING FRAMEWORK THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE AND AS TO NUISANCE CAUSED

EITHER THE DRIPPING OF WATER

DEPENDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE AREA IN WHICH THE NUISANCE WAS FOUND.

BY

URBAN

ON

/THE SECRETARY