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SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1984
THE SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENTS DIVISION OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SPENT $23 MILLION THIS FINANCIAL YEAR ON IMPROVING THE OVERALL LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF HONG KONG'S MAJOR URBAN SQUATTER AREAS, AND SOME OF THE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE PROVISION OF FIRE PREVENTION FACILITIES.
THE DIVISION'S SENIOR HOUSING MANAGER, MR CHU CHAI-KUEN SAID FIRE BREAKS HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN CHEUNG LUNG TIN, LAM TIN AND SAU MAU PING. SHAU KEI WAN AND DIAMOND HILL WILL BE THE NEXT IN LINE.
+F IRE BREAKS HAVE PROVED TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. WE INTEND TO EXTEND THE SCHEME TO ALL MAJOR SQUATTER VILLAGES IN THE URBAN AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS,+ MR CHU SAID.
'WARMTH, VITALITY, PARTICIPATION' FOR ELDERLY
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A SPECIAL PURCHASE SCHEME, A FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UP SERVICE, A HEALTH EXHIBITION, A VITALITY DAY, VISITS AND CLEAN-UP EXERCISE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TWO-MONTH MONG KOK ELDERLY CAMPAIGN BEGINNING TODAY (SATURDAY),
THE CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, THE MONG KOK KAIFONG ASSOCIATION, THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURE, RECREATION AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, AND THE MONG KOK DISTRICT COUNTRYMEN AND CLANSMEN ASSOCIATION.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STANLEY WONG SAID THE AIM WAS TO AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN AND CARE FOR OLD PEOPLE.
+THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES, WE HOPE TO PROVIDE SOME RECREATIONAL AND HEALTHY PASTIME FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.
+OUR MOTTO IS WARMTH, VITALITY AND PARTICIPATION'.+
ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN'S STEERING COMMITTEE, MR CHO SHIU-CHUNG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHOI FOOK-CHI.
MR CHO SAID VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT WERE ALSO ARRANGING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CHINESE OPERAS, DISTRIBUTION OF RED PACKETS, DINNER TREATS AND MOVIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN.
A SEMINAR ON THE LIFE OF OLD PEOPLE IN URBAN AREA+ HELD TODAY AT THE NEW WORLD HOTEL STARTED OFF THE CAMPAIGN.
GUEST SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR WERE THE DIRECTOR OF ST. JAMES SETTLEMENT, MRS GRACE WAN; SENIOR LECTURER IN SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, DR NELSON W.S. CHOW CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, MR ADOLF K.T. TSANG; AND THE STEER ING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR CHO.
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