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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1984
NOTE TO EDITORS:
PRESS CONFERENCE ON NEW BILL
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A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO EXPLAIN THE PROVISIONS OF A LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE.
THE CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD AT 11 AM IN THE GIS THEATRE, WILL BE GIVEN BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, MR DONALD LIAO, THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR RAYMOND FRY, AND ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, MR KENNETH PANG TSAN-WING.
COPIES OF A PRESS RELEASE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ADVANCE READING FROM 10.30 AM. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
SOCIAL CENTRES GROW IN NUMBERS
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SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY HAVE SEEN THE MOST RAPID DEVELOPMENT AMONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THE NUMBER OF SUCH CENTRES HAS RISEN FROM 13 TO 85 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CERMONY OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S NAM TAI SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AT NAM SHAN ESTATE, KOWLOON.
+THESE CENTRES AIM TO PROVIDE THE ELDERLY WITH A NEARBY PLACE FOR SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, ENABLING THEM TO MAKE FRIENDS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY LIVING, SHE SAID.
STATISTICS FOR 1982-83 SHOWED THAT THESE CENTRES HAD MORE THAN 16 000 REGISTERED MEMBERS, 83 PER CENT OF THEM WOMEN.
+ IT IS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT THE NUMBER OF THOSE AGED 70 AND OVER REPRESENTED HALF OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP,+ MRS CHAN SAID.
MOST OF THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE WERE RECEIVING CARE AND SUPPORT FROM THEIR FAMILIES.
/MRS CHAN
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