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Planning ratio for provision of social centres for the elderly

Question No.12

WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELEARE

TO A QUESTION ASKED BY THE HON. MRS. ROSANNA TAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 27 APRIL 1988

12. MRS. TAM asked:

Question: In view of the differences in the number of old

people among various districts in Hong Kong, will Government inform this Council whether it has considered adopting a new approach, as in the case of youth centres, by using a flexible planning ratio in providing elderly centres so as to cater for the differences in the demographic structures of various districts; and if so, what will the new planning ratio be?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

sir,

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The current planning ratio for the provision of

social centres for the elderly is one centre for 30,000

general population. This is a broad guideline and is

used, for example, in the planning of services and

reservation of premises in new public housing estates

where the demographic structure will not be apparent until

the actual intake of population. In practice, however,

this standard is applied with flexibility (with a

per cent

deviation of plus or minus 209) to take account, for

example, of areas with a concentration of elderly people

or of remote areas of scattered population.

مجھے دو

The Social Welfare Department is now

examining the mode of operation of social centres for

the elderly with a view to providing services on a more