FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1983
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CARE AND CONCERN FOR ELDERLY
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FREE MEDICAL EXAMINATION WILL BE OFFERED TO WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS AGED 60 AND ABOVE AS PART OF THE TUNG TAU ELDERLY FESTIVAL.
ADVANCE APPOINTMENTS CAN NOW BE MADE WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR SUB-OFFICES FOR EXAMINATIONS UNDER THE SCHEME WHICH WILL OPERATE DAILY BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4.30 PM AT THE LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL FROM NOVEMBER 19 TO 20 AND AT THE WONG TAL SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE FROM DECEMBER 10 TO 11.
THE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS WILL INCLUDE BODY WEIGHT. BLOOD PRESSURE AND PULSE MEASUREMENT AS WELL AS BLOOD AND URINE TESTS.
THE ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN SUBSEQUENT COUNSELLING BY DOCTORS ON DUTY OR REFERRED TO NEARBY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS FOR TREATMENT IF AN ILLNESS IS DIAGNOSED.
IN ADDITION, AN EXHIBITION AND A SLIDE SHOW WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED AT THE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CENTRE TO PROVIDE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH AND HYGIENE FOR OLD PEOPLE.
THE TWO-WEEK ELDERLY FESTIVAL IS SPONSORED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD AND JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE TUNG TAU AREA COMMITTEE AND THE LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A CANTONESE OPERA, A PICNIC, A VEGETARIAN FEAST, A CROSS WORD PUZZLE, A COLOURING AND A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITIONS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PHILIP CHOK, SAID THE EVENT WAS AIMED AT AROUSING PUBLIC CONCERN FOR THE CARE AND WELFARE OF OLD PEOPLE.
+WE HOPE THE ACTIVITIES WILL ALSO SERVE AS A PLATFORM FOR CLOSER COMMUNICATION AND HELP FOSTER NEIGHBOURLINESS AMONG ELDERLY RESIDENTS HERE,+ HE ADDED.
TO MARK THE OCCASION, AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 7.30 PM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT THE SCHOOL HALL OF LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL.
MORE THAN 1 000 OLD PEOPLE WILL ATTEND THE CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CANTONESE OPERA.
DETAILS OF THE FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUB-OFFICES AND ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT 3-832368 OR 3-222261.
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