FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1978
AGE SUPPLEMENT ALLOWANCE AS INTRODUCED IN APRIL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO PECPLE OVER 60-YEARS-OLD
THIS YEAR
ARE IT' DEES.+
HE POINTED CUT THAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS FAMILY STRUCTURE LA HONG KONG BEEN SUBJECT TO GREAT CHANGES.
+THE LARGE TRADITIONAL FAMILY IN WHICH SEVERAL GENERATIONS LIVE TOGETHER HAS NOW GIVEN WAY TO SMALLER FAMILY UNITS AND ..IT THIS TREND THE PRIVATE RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY WITHIN THE FAMILY IS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING.
+AT THE SAME TIME IMPROVED MEDICAL FACILITIES AND SOCIAL STABILITY HAS ENABLED PEOPLE TO LIVE LONGER AND THEREFORE THE NUMBER OF OLD PEOPLE IS INCREASING,+ HE SAID.
THE 1971 CENSUS INDICATED THAT THERE WERE 104,000 PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF SEVENTY WHICH REPRESENTED 2.6 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION. THIS ROSE TO 142,000 IN 1976 AND, BY 1986, IT WILL REACH 244,000 -- 4.7 PER CENT OF THE THEN TOTAL POPULATION.
R. AKERS-JONES PRAISED THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE CHURE SHAK HEI (CHEUNG CHAU) HOME FOR THE AGED FOR THEIR +DEDICATION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS.+
HE SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO WITNESS THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THE HOLE FOR THE AGED FROM MODEST BEGINNING NINE YEARS AGO TC AN INSTITUTION PROVIDING HAPPINESS AND HOME TO MORE THAN 130 OLD PEOPLE TODAY.
R. AKERS-JONES PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO DIRECTORS OF THE HOME OF THE AGED.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 8TH TERM OF THE HOME FOR THE AGED, RS. CIU HO-SUIT. IN HER WELCOMING ADDRESS, SAID THE HOME CF THE AGED ILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 30 EEDS EY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
..IT THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTENT AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE HOME FOR THE AGED HAS DEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE BETTER ALL-ROUND SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, FRS. SIU SAID.
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