XN000022-1994-11-23 — Page 8

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994.

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CARRY OUT

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"LAST YEAR A WORKING GROUP WAS SET UP TO COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR SYSTEM OF CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.

"

TO HE

THE RECURRENT "WE HAVE COMMITTED ALL

NEEDED EXPENDITURE IMPLEMENT THE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS UP TO THE YEAR 2000, SAID.

NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE INCREASING THE QUANTITY AND NURSING THE QUALITY OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, MR PATTEN SAID SEVEN NEW HOMES WOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

A NEW MONITORING UNIT AND COMPUTER NETWORK WERE BEING SET UP TO LINK ALL ELDERLY HOMES SO AS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLACEMENT SERVICES, HE ADDED.

SEVEN NEW

WOULD

BE

WOULD BE

ΤΟ PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, HE SAID

ELDERLY HEALTH CENTRES ESTABLISHED AND EACH OF THE EIGHT HOSPITAL IN THE TERRITORY SETTING UP A GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT CLINIC.

COMMUNITY

TEAMS GERIATRIC

AND BEING SET UP ΤΟ IMPROVE

HE NOTED THAT FOUR ADDITIONAL FOUR ADDITIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRIC TEAMS ARE OUTREACH MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

NEW

SELF-FINANCING WELFARE

"WE HAVE SET UP A FUND TO PROVIDE GRANTS ΤΟ NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, TO HELP THEM TO INTRODUCE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, MR PATTEN SAID.

CARE FOR THE ELDERLY THOSE WHO HAD GIVEN

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE HIGH STANDARD OF REFLECTED THE GRATITUDE THE COMMUNITY HELD FOR THEIR LIVES' WORK TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY THE SUCCESS THAT IT WAS.

PLANNING DEPARTMENT REGRETS ACTION BY SURVEY OFFICERS

OF

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REGRETS THAT MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL AND SURVEY OFFICERS WORKING IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE A ONE-DAY LEAVE TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING THAT ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION DUTIES WERE TAKEN UP BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1991 FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE TOWN PLANNING (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1991.

THE DECISION TO DEPLOY SURVEY OFFICER (PLANNING) GRADE OFFICERS TO UNDERTAKE SUCH DUTIES WAS MADE WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE STAFF SIDE.

SUBSEQUENT ΤΟ A REQUEST MADE BY THE ASSOCIATION, A WORKING PARTY COMPRISING BOTH STAFF AND MANAGEMENT WAS FORMED. THE WORKING PARTY HAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED THE REQUEST MADE BY THE STAFF SIDE AND HAS REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF ALL KANKS OF THE SURVEY OFFICER (PLANNING) GRADE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

THE WORKING PARTY HAS MANAGED ΤΟ NARROW THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE 18 THE NUMBER OF PRINCIPAL SURVEY OFFICERS REQUIRED IN UNDERTAKING ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION DUTIES.

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