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particularly those who live alone.

Thirdly, the elderly

are the major beneficiaries of the subvented home help service which provides domestic help including the cooking of meals. There is also a subvented pool bus service for

useful to

the elderly and particularly those living in remote

areas.

The various outreach services which I have mentioned are, of course, in addition to the network of day and residential services for the elderly such as social centres, day care centres and homes.

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3.

Sir, there are plans for the steady expansion

of most of the services I have referred to, in particular

home help, the family service centres, day centres and

social centres for the elderly.

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