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Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations:
Please broadcast the following as soon as possible and repeat it at suitable intervals:
The Home Affairs Department today (December 19) opened 10 temporary shelters for people in need of refuge from the cold.
Anyone seeking temporary refuge may call the Department's Emergency Co-ordination Centre on 2835 1473 for more information.
The 10 temporary cold shelters are located at:
Hong Kong and Kowloon:
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Central and Sai Ying Pun Community Hall
Western 3/F., Sai Ying Pun Community Complex,
2 High Street, Hong Kong.
Eastern/ Causeway Bay Community Centre
Wan Chai 7 Fook Yum Road, 3/F.,
Causeway Bay,Hong Kong.
Kowloon City To Kwa Wan Kaifong Welfare Association
56 Kowloon City Road,
Tokwawan, Kowloon.
Wong Tai Sin Tsz Wan Shan (South) Estate
Community Centre
Hall, G/F., Wan Wah Street,
Tsz Wan Shan, Kowloon.
Sham Shui Po Nam Cheong District Community Centre
1 Cheong San Lane,
Sham Shui Po, Kowloon.
Yau Tsim Mong Henry G Leong Yau Ma Tei
Community Centre
60 Public Square Street,
Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.
New Territories:
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Tai Po Tai Po Community Centre
2 Heung Sze Wui Street,
Tai Po,New Territories.
Tsuen Wan Lei Muk Shue Community Hall
Lei Muk Shue Estate,
Tsuen Wan, New Territories.
Yuen Long Yuen Long Town Hall
4 Tai Yuk Road,
Yuen Long,New Territories.
Tuen Mun Butterfly Bay Community Centre
Butterfly Estate (near Tip Sum House)
Tuen Mun, New Territories.
End/Friday, December 19, 2003
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