WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1983
RESPECT FOR ELDERLY COMMENDABLE
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LADY YOUDE
THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG IS DUE IN NO SMALL WAY TO THE HARD WORK OF THOSE WHO ARE NOW ELDERLY, LADY YOUDE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE-LAYING CEREMONY OF THE MADAM WONG CHAN SOOK YING MEMORIAL HOME FOR THE AGED OF THE HONG KONG CHINESE WOMEN'S CLUB, LADY YOUDE SAID, IT IS HEARTENING THEREFORE THAT THERE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY A TRADITIONAL AND COMMENDABLE RESPECT FOR THEM AND A DESIRE FOR THEM TO HAVE A DIGNIFIED OLD AGE.+
LADY YOUDE POINTED OUT THAT MUCH OF THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY IN RECENT YEARS HAD BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
+AS THE NEED IS INCREASING, YOUR CLUB'S DECISION TO EXPAND INTO THIS AREA COMES AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME, SHE ADDED.
LADY YOUDE CONGRATULATED THE CLUB FOR THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION THEY WERE MAKING IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
+YOU HAVE DONE MUCH TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE WELL BEING OF THE YOUNG AND THE OLD, SHE SAID, AND WISHED THE CLUB CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
THE MEMORIAL HOME FOR THE AGED IS BUILT ON A 3 500 SQUARE METRE SITE AT KO CHIU ROAD, KOWLOON, AND ON LAND GRANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT FREE OF PREMIUM.
THE FOUR-STOREY BUILDING, WHEN COMPLETED IN EARLY 1985, WILL BE ABLE TO HOUSE 152 ELDERLY PERSONS AND ANOTHER 100 MORE HEALTHY ELDERLY PERSONS.
MRS GALLANT HO, CHAIRMAN OF THE CLUB, SAID THE HOME WAS THE FIRST MAJOR SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY THE CLUB IN ITS 45-YEAR HISTORY, THOUGH THE CLUB HAS BEEN OPERATING ONE SUBSIDISED GRAMMAR SCHOOL, ONE SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ONE PRIVATE NON-PROF IT MAKING EVENING SCHOOL.
SHE SAID THE CONSTRUCTION COST WAS $16 MILLION, OF WHICH $11 MILLION WAS DONATED BY THE LOTTERIES FUND AND THE BALANCE RAISED BY THE CLUB.
THE HOME IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE WIFE OF THE ARCHITECT IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT, MR WONG CHO-TONG, WHO DONATED $3 MILLION TO IT.
WHEN IN OPERATION, THE HOME WILL BE SUBVENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT,
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