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The new services were part of the $30 million package of measures announced by the Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, at the Summit Meeting in March to combat the growing problem of drug abuse by young people.
A spokesman for ACAN said the selection was in line with the Committee's adopted multi-modality approach in treatment and rehabilitation.
"It would be beneficial to have a diversification of service providers," he said.
The Committee received five detailed proposals from voluntary agencies for running the two residential treatment centres and three for running the counselling centre following an invitation to bid for providing the new services.
The spokesman said criteria against which the proposals were assessed included project cost, treatment approach, number of clients to be served each year, availability of premises, professional expertise and track record of operating agencies and support services provided.
"In the selection process for the operators of the residential treatment service, the Committee was impressed by the pragmatic approach adopted by Caritas and the Hong Kong Christian Service, which put emphasis on the particular needs and problems of young opiate abusers," he said.
The operating agencies will be asked to work out their operational plans in greater detail.
End/Tuesday, June 20, 1995
Director of Lands leads delegation to Beijing
The Director of Lands, Mr Robert Pope, left for Beijing today (Tuesday), leading a four-member delegation of senior officials of the department on a one-week official visit at the invitation of the Beijing Municipal Real Estate Administrative Bureau.
A spokesman for the department said the purpose of the visit was to exchange views on the procedures and possible problems of land management, acquisition, land grant and title registration in Beijing.
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