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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1976
+SENIOR CITIZEN WEEK+ OPENS IN SHAM SHUI PO ******
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, TODAY URGED THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO KEEP UP THE FINE CHINESE TRADITION OF RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY AND NOT TO NEGLECT THE NEEDS OF THE AGED.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE +SENIOR CITIZEN WEEK+ WHICH HAD BEEN CO-ORDINATED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE IN THE DISTRICT,
MR. LEE NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD BECOME A COSMOPOLITAN CITY WHERE TRADITIONAL CHINESE FAMILY CONCEPTS HAD SOMEWHAT BEEN INFLUENCED BY WESTERN THINKING. +BUT WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT OUR OLDER GENERATION HAS LAID DOWN A SOUND FOUNDATION FOR OUR SOCIETY AND HAS PASSED ON TO US THEIR VALUABLE EXPERIENCE.+
THE +SENIOR CITIZEN WEEK+, HE SAID, HAD BEEN ORGANISED TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION OF OLD PEOPLE.
+ALMOST EVERY FAMILY NOWADAYS IS BUSY WORKING AND TENDS TO NEGLECT THE NEEDS OF OLD PEOPLE,+ MR. LEE SAID. +CONSEQUENTLY, A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS ARISE, SUCH AS THE PROPER CARE FOR THE AGED AND THE WIDENING GENERATION GAP.
+IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, WELFARE AGENCIES AND LOCAL LEADERS PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT IN ORGANISING THE ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME, WHICH HAS CLEARLY REFLECTED THE GENUINE CONCERN OF LOCAL RESIDENTS FOR OLD PEOPLE.+
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