SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980
HE TOLD THEM THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG IN GETTING ON+ OR IN MAKING MONEY WHEN THEY LEAVE COLLEGE, BUT IT WAS WRONG WHEN THIS WAS THE ONLY MOTIVATION IN ONE'S LIFE WHEN MEN ARE JUDGED NOT BY THE IR CHARACTER BUT BY THEIR OSTENSIBLE WEALTH.
ABOVE ALL ELSE
+SO 1 COMMEND THIS TO YOU TODAY THAT YOU STICK TO YOUR IDEALS, STICK TO PRINCIPLES, AND ABOVE ALL BE TRUÉ. TO YOURSELVES, SIR JACK SAID.
FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY IN SAI KUNG
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SAI KUNG IS TO HOLD A FESTIVAL TO PROMOTE LOCAL INTEREST IN ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.
THE FESTIVAL, WHOSE THEME IS 'RESPECT THE ELDERLY', WILL OPEN TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT 2 PM AT SAI KUNG SUNG CHUN SCHOOL.
A SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN, MISS CARRIE TSANG, SAID MORE THAN 4 000 OF THE LOCAL POPULATION OF 40 000 WERE OLD PEOPLE.
THE SCATTERED LOCATION OF VILLAGES IN THE DISTRICT AND THE IR REMOTENESS HAD FORMED A BARRIER TO LOCAL ELDERLY TO ENJOY COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, MISS TSANG SAID.
HOWEVER, IT WAS HOPED THAT THROUGH THE FESTIVAL THEY WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE MORE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND THAT VOLUNTARY BODIES SUCH AS VILLAGE MAC'S WOULD ORGANISE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM, SHE ADDED.
A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE FESTIVAL WAS FORMED A MONTH AGO. IT IS CHAIRED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR CHAN KWAI-SANG AND INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THÉ RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, AND SAI KUNG AND HANG HAU DISTRICT RÚRAL COMMITTEES.
THE COST OF ORGANISING FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES AMOUNTS TO $55 000, OF WHICH THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS PROVIDING $15 000 AND MR CHENG CHEK CHEE $10 000.
ACTIVITIES TO BE HELD IN THE MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL INCLUDE PICNICS, GAMES DAYS AND VISITS TO HOMES FOR THE AGED.
THERE WILL ALSO BE A HOME ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME, IN WHICH VOLUNTEER WORKERS WILL VISIT HOUSES LIVED IN BY OLD PEOPLE TO DO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WORK.
TOMORROW'S OPENING WILL INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION, IN WHICH WORKS
OF THE ELDERLY WILL BE ON DISPLAY, AND A TALENT CONTEST.
THE CEREMONY WILL BE PERFORMED BY SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER MR COLIN BOSHER, DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR LAM KOK-WAN, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.