THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1979
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CHEUNG CHAU HOME FOR AGED HAS EXPANSION PLANS
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THE CHEUNG CHAU CHUNG SHAK-HEI HOME FOR THE AGED, FOUNDED 10 YEARS AGO, IS TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH HOME TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR SERVICES FOR OLD PEOPLE IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT,
THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF NEW OFFICE BEARERS OF THE HOME AT THE CITY HALL.
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE HOME HAD BEEN BUILT UP BY THE HARD WORK OF THE OFFICE BEARERS OF THE PAST NINE TERMS AND IT HAD PROVED NOW TO BE A HAPPY HOME FOR MORE THAN 130 OLD PEOPLE.
+THEY HAVE NOT JUST ENSURED THAT ALL THE BASIC HOME SERVICES ARE SATISFACTORY BUT ALSO PROVIDED A LOT OF INTERESTING AND MEANINGFUL PROGRAMMES TO ENABLE THE OLD PEOPLE TO ENJOY FULLY THE IR TIME, HE SAID.
THESE PROGRAMMES INCLUDED VISITS TO THE OCEAN PARK, PERFORMANCE BY CANTONESE OPERA GROUPS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW YEAR FUNFAIR IN THE PAK TAI SQUARE.
+THROUGH THESE PROGRAMMES, HE SAID, THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO INTIMATE COMMUNICATION WITH SOCIETY AT LARGE AND DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS - ACTIVITIES WHICH I CAN CALL HAPPY INTERLUDES IN THE PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOME.+
THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OUTGOING TERM, MR. AKERS-JONES POINTED OUT, WAS THE CREATION OF A PRINCIPAL FOR THE HOME BY EMPLOYING A PROFESSIONAL WORKER.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOME WILL BE FURTHER STREAMLINED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A PRINCIPAL,+ HE SAID.
MR. AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT THE HOME WAS ALREADY REACHING ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND THE EXISTING PREMISES COULD NOT BE FURTHER EXPANDED.
+ AM GLAD MR. SO TUNG-LAM, THE NEW CHAIRMAN AND HIS DIRECTORS ARE ACTIVELY CONSIDERING PLANS TO ENABLE A BRANCH HOME TO BE ESTABLISHED, HE SAID.
+1 HOPE FIRM PROPOSALS WILL BE MADE SOON AND I WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO GIVE ALL POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE YOUR PLANS TO MATERIALISE.+
MR. AKERS-JONES CONGRATULATED MR. SO AND THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR ASSUMING THE CHALLENGING RESPONSIBILITIES AT A CRITICAL STAGE OF THE HOME'S DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WILL CARRY ON THE WORK OF THE HOME FOR ANOTHER FRUITFUL YEAR, HE ADDED.
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