SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1982
LADY YOUDE PRAISES YIN NGAI SOCIETIES
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YIN NGAI SOCIETIES — WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES - ARE GROWING QUICKLY AND RESPONDING SUCCESSFULLY TO THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND LADY YOUDE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR, HOPES THE SOCIETIES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF FIVE NEW YIN NGAI SOCIETIES AT THE PAK TIN COMMUNITY HALL IN SHAM SHUI PO TODAY, LADY YOUDE SAID: +MODERN LIVING CAN SO EASILY ISOLATE WOMEN IN THEIR HOMES, CUTTING THEM OFF FROM NATURAL CONTACT WITH RELATIVES AND NEIGHBOURS.
+MANY DO NEED HELP WITH THE APPARENTLY SMALL THINGS IN LIFE SUCH AS MEETING NEIGHBOURS AND FINDING NEW FRIENDS GETTING HELP WITH BABY-SITTING AND SHOPPING AND SHARING HOBBIES AND FAMILY OUTINGS - BECAUSE IT IS THE SMALL THINGS THAT PROVIDE THE KEY TO A HAPPY AND FULFILLED EXISTENCE.+
+THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES PROVIDE THE HELP AND SUPPORT THAT LEADS TO THE BUILDING OF A SUCCESSFUL AND CARING COMMUNITY, + SHE ADDED.
LADY YOUDE NOTED THAT THERE WERE NOW EIGHT YIN NGAI SOCIETIES IN EXISTENCE, AND WITH THE INAUGURATION OF THE PAK TIN AND OF MAN SOCIETIES, THE ORGANISATION WOULD PUT ITS ROOTS DOWN IN KOWLOON.
THE OTHER THREE SOCIETIES INAUGURATED TODAY ARE AT ON TING AND YAU OI, TAI YUEN AND SHUI PIN WAI ESTATES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MRS AKERS-JONES; THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON: THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM; AND THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR S.E. ALLEYNE.
THE IDEA OF FORMING YIN NGAI SOCIETIES CAME FROM MR AKERS-JONES TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE ENCOURAGED THE SETTING UP OF WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSEWIVES TO GET TOGETHER, EXCHANGE VIEWS IN HOUSECRAFT, HELP ONE ANOTHER AND GENERALLY MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR SPARE TIME.
APART FROM THE FIVE SOCIETIES INAUGURATED TODAY, THREE OTHERS AT LEI MUK SHUE. TAI HING AND LEK YUEN-WO CHE ESTATES WERE INAUGURATED A YEAR AGO BY MRS AKERS-JONES.
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