FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1979
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ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARKS INFORMATION CENTRE OPENS
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A SECOND VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE FOR HONG KONG'S COUNTRY PARKS WILL BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC AT ABERDEEN TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD,
MR C.M. LEUNG, WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE CENTRE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK ABOVE THE ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD AT 11 A.M.
THE ABERDEEN AND ITS NEIGHBOURING TAI TAM COUNTRY PARKS LAST YEAR ATTRACTED SOME 340 000 VISITORS, AN INCREASE OF 23 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THE FIRST VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE WAS OPENED AT TAI MEI TUK IN PLOVER COVE COUNTRY PARK TWO WEEKS AGO.
NOTE TO EDITORS |
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER
TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE ABERDEEN COUNTRY PARK VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE AT ITS ENTRANCE ABOVE ABERDEEN RESERVOIR ROAD, AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
TRANSPORT FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE
QUEEN'S PIER, EDINBURGH PLACE AT 10 A.M. SHARP. SENIOR
INFORMATION OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR MARK PINKSTONE, WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST THE PRESS.
DSW CALLS FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE, TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON THE COMMUNITY TO FOSTER THE CHINESE TRADITION OF CARING AND RESPECTING THE ELDERLY.
ADDRESSING A GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE KIANGSU AND CHEKI ANG PRIMARY SCHOOL, MR LEE SAID MANY PEOPLE, WHILE REGARDING THE REARING OF CHILDREN AS THE IR RESPONSIBILITY, OFTEN NEGLECTED THE NEED TO LOOK AFTER THEIR AGED PARENTS AS WELL.
HE POINTED OUT THAT DURING THEIR YOUNGER DAYS, OLD PEOPLE HAD DEFINITE CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH THEY WERE PART.
+WHEN THEY BECOME OLD AND FRAGILE, WE MUST THEREFORE NOT IGNORE THEM BUT SHOULD GIVE THEM OUR SPIRITUAL SUPPORT SO THAT THEY MAY NOT FEEL LONELY AND NEGLECTED, HE SAID,
/THE YOUNGER