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SWD distributes blankets to street sleepers
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Staff of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) had distributed a total of 863 blankets to street sleepers in a territory-wide operation last (Thursday) night.
Among the blankets distributed, 291 were given on Hong Kong Island, 12 in East Kowloon, 446 in West Kowloon, 43 in New Territories East and 71 in New Territories West.
"It is a normal practice for the department to distribute blankets to street sleepers when the temperature drops to or near 10 degrees Celsius," a department spokesman said,
It was the fifth such exercise during the current winter season.
Yesterday, SWD had delivered 500 blankets each to its 13 district offices for distribution to single elderly people through the following channels:
staff in Family Services Centres and Social Security Field Units would identify vulnerable single elderly clients and check whether they need extra blankets or any other services; and
SWD staff would contact Non-governmental organisations running multi- service centres for the elderly and home help teams to identify similar elderly clients who may need help.
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