MORE HELP FOR THE AGED
Monday, June 11, 1973
The government and the community of Hong Kong are trying to do
more for the aged, and the Chung Shak-hei (Cheung Chau) Home for the Aged
is to have a significant role to play.
The New Territories District Commissioner, Mr. I.F.C. Macpherson,
said this today at the home's swearing-in ceremony of the 1973-74 Board of
Directors when he paid tribute to the service provided by the institution
in the past few years.
The success of the home, he said, ia testified by the grant of
$10,000 subvention by the Social Welfare Department, and by its plans to
expand the facilities to accommodate more elderly people.
The home now has accommodation for 50 people, and, pending a grant
from the Government Lotteries Fund, it expects to accommodate 20 more in a
year's time.
Mr. Macpherson said the proposed expansion would not be an easy task
for a relatively small community like Cheung Chau. But he understood that the
land and part of the funds required were already in hand.
He described the readiness of the home to run a dormitory for the
aged in the proposed Cheung Chau Estate as "very worthwhile".
"I have asked the District Officer to do his best to assist," he added.
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