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"We would be rightly accused of ignoring the interests of the people of Hong Kong if we did not do all we can to explain the agreement to the community in general, and particularly to LegCo which must take the final decision on the acceptability of the agreement."
End/Sunday, July 9, 1995
Elderly homes invited to apply financial assistance
Operators of residential care homes for the elderly (RCH) who need to improve the condition of their homes are invited to apply for financial assistance from the Social Welfare Department (SWD).
The Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Ordinance, which has come into effect on April 1 this year, provides for the control of RCHs through a licensing system administered by the Director of Social Welfare.
"It aims to ensure that residents in these RCHS receive services of acceptable standards that are of benefit to them physically, emotionally and socially," a spokesman for the department said today (Sunday).
"The Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation specifies among other things, design and structural requirements as well as fire services requirements for RCHs.
"In order to continue operation of the RCHs, most self-financing homes for the elderly (SFHEs) and private homes for the elderly (PHEs) need to carry out improvement works for meeting the legislative standards," the spokesman said.
In this connection, the Working Group on Care for the Elderly has recommended that a one-off Financial Assistance Scheme be introduced with an aim to assisting these SFHES and PHES to comply with the safety precaution, design and structural requirements of the legislation.
"An allocation of $50 million under the Lotteries Fund has been approved by the Subvention and Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee for the Financial Assistance Scheme.
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