THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1985
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YOUTHS BRING FUN TO OLD FOLK
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A LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG VOLUNTEERS BROUGHT HAPPINESS AND WARMTH TO THE ELDERLY IN YUEN LONG BY STAGING A MATINEE AND DISTRIBUTING GIFTS TO THEM THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SOME 200 JUNIOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS FROM YUEN LONG DISTRICT ACCOMPANIED ABOUT 250 ELDERLY PEOPLE TO THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL FOR THE MATINEE AND HELPED LOOK AFTER THEM DURING THE WHOLE AFTERNOON.
THE SPECIAL TREAT WAS ORGANISED BY THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE AND THE YUEN LONG TOWN HALL MANAGEMENT OFFICE. IT WAS AIMED AT ENTERTAINING THE ELDERLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THE EVE OF LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS AND WELFARE OF SENIOR CITIZENS.
TO THE DELIGHT OF THE ELDERLY, THERE WERE A CANTONESE OPERA, DANCING AND A SINGING PERFORMANCES BY YOUNGSTERS IN THE DISTRICT.
DURING THE AFTERNOON SHOW, THE ELDERLY WERE EACH GIVEN A NEW YEAR GIFT AND A RED PACKET. THEY ALSO SHARED A BIG BIRTHDAY CAKE WHICH CELEBRATED THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF JPC.
IN AN ADDRESS TO THE PARTICIPANTS, MR LEE WAI-KWONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE MATINEE'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, SAID: +COMPARED WITH OTHER ACTIVITIES, THOSE HELD FOR AGED PEOPLE ARE SOMEWHAT A BIT LESS IN YUEN LONG.
+YUEN LONG DISTRICT JPC MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL TO YOU ALL TO SUPPORT AND ORGANISE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR THE AGED PEOPLE.+
MR LEE ALSO THANKED THE MEMBERS OF YUEN CHING ASSOCIATION, STUDENTS OF LING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AND CHUNG SING PRIMARY SCHOOL WHO GAVE THE PERFORMANCE.
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ALSO ATTENDING THE FUNCTION WERE MR BASIL LIM, POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER OF YUEN LONG AND SPONSOR MADAM LEUNG SING-TAK,
THE ELDERLY WERE FROM THE SALVATION ARMY'S KAM TIN CARE AND ATTENTION HOME, THE YUEN LONG HOME FOR THE AGED BLIND AND THE CARITAS YING SHUI HOME FOR THE AGED.
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