THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1981
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OLD FOLKS' PARTY TO BE HELD ON CHEUNG CHAU
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A PARTY FOR CHEUNG CHAU ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL BE HELD AT KWOK MAN SCHOOL ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 5).
IT HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE CHUNG SHAK-HEI (CHEUNG CHAU) HOME FOR THE AGED IN CELEBRATION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY.
ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THE PARTY.
MORE THAN 400 OLD PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND, OF WHOM 130 LIVE IN THE HOME. THE OTHERS ARE CHEUNG CHAU RESIDENTS AGED OVER 60.
AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME HAS BEEN ARRANGED IN WHICH STUDENTS OF KWOK MAN SCHOOL AND RESIDENTS OF THE HOME WILL TAKE PART.
IT WILL INCLUDE A LION DANCE AND A RIBBON DANCE, A FOLK SONG PERFORMANCE, TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCING, A DRAMA PERFORMANCE AND CHORUS SINGING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LUCKY DRAW WITH VALUBALE PRIZES.
THE HOME WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1969 ON LAND PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT.
IT ORIGINALLY ACCOMMODATED 39 OLD PEOPLE, BUT 130 ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVE THERE NOW.
IT CARES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AS WELL AS REFERRALS BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WHICH SUBS IDISES THE HOME.
SOUVENIR FOR 10 000TH ***
MRS J.N. HENDERSON, WIFE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL PRESENT A SOUVENIR TO THE 10 000TH STUDENT PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPUTER ISED +JOB FAMILY TENDENCY+ EXERCISE OF THE CAREERS '82 EXHIBITION AT EDINBURGH PLACE AT 4 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
AT THE SAME TIME, MRS HENDERSON WILL PRESENT A SOUVENIR TO WANG PACIFIC LTD. WHICH SUPPLIED THE COMPUTER HARDWARE.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER TOMORROW'S PRESENTATION.
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