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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

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GOVERNOR VISITS SWD'S REGIONAL OFFICE

THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON SAW HOW SERVICES FOR YOUTH, FAMILIES AND NEEDY PEOPLE ARE PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD) IN THE WEST KOWLOON REGION.

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LORD WILSON, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, M.D. CARTLAND, VISITED THE SWD'S WEST KOWLOON REGIONAL OFFICE IN THE MONG KOK GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING AND THE DEPARTMENT'S BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME IN YAU YAT CHUEN.

AT THE REGIONAL OFFICE, THE GOVERNOR MET THE REGIONAL SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER (WEST KOWLOON), MRS PUN LEE WAI-CHUN AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE REGION.

THE GOVERNOR VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH OFFICE, SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT AND FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE.

HE DISCUSSED WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS WHAT THEY DO TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES OVERCOME THEIR PROBLEMS. HE ALSO STOPPED TO CHAT WITH PEOPLE MAKING USE OF THESE SERVICES.

THE GOVERNOR THEN WENT TO SEE THE BEGONIA ROAD BOYS' HOME HE WAS MUCH IMPRESSED BY A MURAL FEATURING A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE VIEW JOINTLY CREATED BY THE BOYS AND STAFF OF THE HOME.

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"THE DEDICATED STAFF WORKING IN THIS BOYS' HOME ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB HELPING JUVENILE OFFENDERS TO RE-INTEGRATE INTO COMMUNITY," LORD WILSON SAID.

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME

Updated financial details for the Airport Core Programme

have been announced today by the Government.

These show that the cost to be borne by the Government

for the ten airport core projects has remained constant at

$59.3bn, although the overall costs estimate has increased

by 13.8 per cent to $112.2bn from the $98.6bn figure

announced last July (all figures at March 1991 prices).

/THE INCREASED