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Of the total figure, 1,229 or 25.8 per cent were first time admissions. These represented an increase in total admissions by 40.2 per cent and an increase in new admissions by 42.2 per cent.

The increase in new admissions was highest in the under-21 group in the Methadone Treatment Programme, by 85.5 per cent, followed by the SARDA programme, by 46.9 per cent.

End/Tuesday, March 21, 1995

36 pollution cases in February

A total of 36 convictions were made in the courts last month for breaching anti- pollution law enforced by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD).

Among them, 17 were convictions made under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (APCO), 11 under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (WPCO), four under the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO), three under the Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance (OLPO) and one under the Dumping At Sea Act 1974 (Overseas Territories) Order 1975 (DASO).

The fines ranged from $1,000 to $50,000. Man Luen Hong Motor Company Ltd was fined $50,000 upon its second conviction for discharging polluting matter in the Deep Bay Water Control Zone.

End/Tuesday, March 21, 1995

$800 million for elderly services

The Government will spend $800 million over the next few years to implement the 71 recommendations of the Working Group on Care for the Elderly, the Director of Social Welfare, Mr Ian Strachan, said today (Tuesday).

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Po Leung Kuk Siu Ming Memorial Home cum Care and Attention Unit, Mr Strachan said there was a growing demand for services for the senior citizens in Hong Kong.