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TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1986
+WE CAN FURTHERMORE LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMPLETION BY THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI, THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KOWLOON BARRACKS AREA WITH THE HELP OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. WE HAVE ALSO ABSORBED MUCH OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FORMER RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT SINCE LAST YEAR.
+ SHALL VERY MUCH MISS MY TENURE AS CUC, BUT NEVERTHELESS I SHALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMAIN IN THIS COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS AND TO GIVE MY SUPPORT AS A BACK-BENCHER TO WHOEVER IS ELECTED AS MY SUCCESSOR IN JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW.+
ON BEHALF OF ALL COUNCILLORS, MR CHEONG-LEEN BADE
MR BROOK FAREWELL TO FIVE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS BERNACCHI, DR DENNY HUANG, MR EDMUND CHOW, MISS MARIA TAM AND MR AUGUSTINE CHUNG, AND PAID TRIBUTE TO THE IR LONG, LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE.
MR CHEONG-LEEN ALSO EXTENDED A HEARTY WELCOME TO THE FIVE NEW COUNCILLORS WHOSE TERMS WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 1, MR CHAN KWOK-MING, MS CHEUNG WAI-PING, MR CHOW WAI-KEUNG, MS FOK PUI-YEE AND MR MAN SAI-CHEONG. HE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD JOIN HANDS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PERFORMING COUNCIL WORK AND SERVING THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
SERVICES FOR ELDERLY TO CONTINUE GROWING
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IN THE FACE OF A GROWING ELDERLY POPULATION. THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN GREATER EMPHASIS IN RECENT YEARS TO DEVELOP A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES FOR OLD PEOPLE, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY' (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ZONTA CLUB OF NEW TERRITORIES, SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED 60 AND OVER IN 1984 WAS 594 800, AND THAT THIS WAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 688 800 BY 1988 AND 737 100 BY 1990.
WHILE LISTING THE VARIOUS FORMS OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED, SHE NOTED THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ENCOURAGE THE ELDERLY TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WITH ELDERLY MEMBERS AT HOME.
IN FINANCIAL TERMS, A SINGLE ELDERLY PERSON WITHOUT ANY MEANS OF SUPPORT COULD RECEIVÉ A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $1 041 IN PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PER MONTH COMPRISING $510 FOR THE BASIC RATE, $276 FOR RENT AND $255 FOR OLD AGE SUPPLEMENT.
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