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SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1984
THESE CITIZENS WITH FINANCIAL PROBLEMS MAY RECEIVE HELP FROM THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WERE AIMED AT IMPROVING THEIR LIFE.
HE SUGGESTED THAT AN ELDERLY VOLUNTEER SERVICE BE PROMOTED AS MOST ELDERLY PEOPLE WOULD WISH TO BE SEEN AS +GIVERS+ RATHER THAN +RECE IVERS+.
+EDUCATION ON PRE-RETIREMENT PREPARATION IS ALSO NECESSARY FOR RELIEVING THE ELDERLY OF THE FEELING OF DISENGAGEMENT,+ HE SAID.
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967, PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS, FROM ADVICE ON COMMUNITY INFORMATION, GRASS-ROOT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO WELFARE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
PROGRAMME TO PUBLICISE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
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A $78 000-PUBLICITY PROGRAMME IS BEING LAUNCHED IN SAI KUNG TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CHAN SUI-JEUNG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
THE PROGRAMME FEATURES AN OPINION SURVEY ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION; VISITS, SEMINARS AND BRIEFINGS FOR VILLAGERS AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THE PRODUCTION OF A BOOKLET. A SLIDE SHOW AND EXHIBITIONS ON THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.
SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT'S PRELIMINARY SINGING CONTEST, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME, MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT BECAUSE OF SAI KUNG'S SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS AND A SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED POPULATION, THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF LOCAL RESIDENTS IN PROMOTING DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WAS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
+LIKE THIS SINGING CONTEST, THE SUCCESS OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION RELIES ON THE SUPPORT OF EACH INDIVIDUAL,+ HE
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HE SAID THE DISTRICT BOARD HAD BEEN WORKING QUIETLY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS TOWARDS IMPROVING COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK AND THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE RESIDENTS.
MR CHAN URGED PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BOARD BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS AND VOTING FOR THE CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
TONIGHT'S CONTEST, THE SIXTH OF 18 DISTRICTS' PRELIMINARIES BEING HELD UNTIL LATE JULY, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED.
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