SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1986
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WINTER CLOTHES FOR THE ELDERLY IN SHA TIN
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STAFF MEMBERS OF SHA TIN DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE WILL DISTRIBUTE QUILTED JACKETS TO THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT TOMORROW (MONDAY) MORNING.
ONE THOUSAND JACKETS, VALUED AT $60 000, WERE DONATED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS AND NEEDY PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 60 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CLOTHING.
DISTRIBUTION WILL START AT WONG SIU CHING HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY AT GREEN HERON HOUSE, SHA KOK ESTATE AT 10 AM. SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL THEN MOVE ON TO SHA TIN HOUSE FOR THE ELDERLY AT BLOCK 20, FLAT E OF CITY ONE AND HOME OF LOVING KINDNESS IN TUNG LO WAN.
ELDERLY PEOPLE CAN ALSO COLLECT THEIR JACKETS AT THE SHA TIN DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF KCR HOUSE, SHA TIN STATION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL FIRST START AT THE WONG SIU CHING HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY AT GREEN HERON HOUSE, SHA KOK ESTATE AT 10 AM ON MONDAY (JANUARY 20).
300 TAKE PART IN LONG-DISTANCE RUN
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MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE TODAY (SUNDAY) TOOK PART IN THE 10-KILOMETRE TAI PO DISTANT RUN FROM TAI MEI TUK TO THE TIN HAU TEMPLE FUNG SHUI SQUARE.
THE RUN WAS ONE OF THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED DURING THE FIRST TAI PO FESTIVAL.
PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO THE FIRST 10 RUNNERS IN EACH OF MEN'S JUNIOR, MEN'S OPEN, MEN'S SENIOR AND WOMEN'S GROUPS.
A SPECIAL PRIZE WAS ALSO AWARDED TO 72-YEAR-OLD CHEUNG NGAI WAH, WHO WAS THE OLDEST PARTICIPANT TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.
IT WAS SPONSORED
TODAY'S DISTANT RUN WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD.
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