THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1984
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THE SURVEY FOUND THAT MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF THEM WERE LIVING WITH THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN.
ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT, ABOUT 50 PER CENT SAID THEY WOULD SEEK HELP FROM FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND NEIGHBOURS WHILE ANOTHER 40 PER CENT SAID THEY COULD MANAGE WITH AN EFFORT.
ON HEALTH, WHILE IT WAS COMMON FOR OLD PEOPLE TO SUFFER FROM RHEUMATISM AND HEARING AND VISUAL INABILITY, ABOUT HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY HAD NOT CONSULTED A DOCTOR WITHIN THE PAST THREE MONTHS AND 25 PER CENT SAID THEY DID SO ONLY ON ONE OR TWO OCCASIONS.
+FROM THE FINDINGS, WE CAN SAY THE ELDERLY POPULATION IN THE DISTRICT ARE IN GENERAL ENJOYING A SATISFACTORY STANDARD OF LIVING AND THEREFORE RELIANCE ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES IS NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG, SAID MR LAM.
DB TO DISCUSS LOK MA CHAU CROSSING
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YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE LOK MA CHAU BORDER LINK AND THE YUEN LONG TUEN MUN CORRIDOR OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT THE IR MEETING TOMORROW (FRIDAY) MORNING.
THE BORDER LINK IS LOCATED NEAR THE LOK MA CHAU ROAD AND WILL CROSS SHENZEN RIVER TO THE WEST OF HA WAN TSUEN.
IT WILL BE A DUAL TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY, 1.8 KILOMETRES LONG AND WILL JOIN THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROAD AT ITS SOUTHERN END.
THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE $260 MILLION. WORK WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND BE COMPLETED BY 1986.
THE YUEN LONG-TUEN MUN CORRIDOR OUTLINE DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS TO PROVIDE AN ORDERLY FRAMEWORK FOR NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA AND TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSALS. MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
THESE WILL INCLUDE PUBLIC WILL TAKE PLACE AT HUNG SHIU KIŲ.
AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS WILL ALSO ELECT CHAIRMEN OF FIVE DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMITTEES, TO HOLD OFFICE FOR ONE YEAR FROM APRIL 1.
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