SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1986
9.
AN AIR OF ROMANCE FOR THE ELDERLY
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HELD
ABOUT 100 ELDERLY COUPLES FROM WAN CHAI SPENT A MEMORABLE AND HAPPY DAY (SATURDAY) AT THE +VALENTINE'S DAY FOR THE ELDERLY AT LINGNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ROGER GARCIA, NOTED THAT THE EVENT WAS BOTH ROMANTIC AND INNOVATIVE.
+ IT WOULD BE REFRESHING FOR SENIOR COUPLES TO RECALL SWEET MEMORIES OF FALLING IN LOVE AND TO CHERISH SUCH FEELINGS THROUGH A LIFETIME,+ HE SAID.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONCERN FOR THE AGED WORKING GROUP OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD, MS ANNA TANG, SAID THE AIM OF TODAY'S FUNCTION WAS TO PROMOTE HAPPINESS AMONG ELDERLY COUPLES AND SHE ALSO CALLED ON YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHOW RESPECT TO OLDER FOLK.
THE PROGRAMME CENTRED ON THE THEME OF LOVE AND ROMANCE. THERE WERE VARIOUS GAMES STALLS AND THE COUPLES ALSO ENJOYED DANCING AND SINGING, AND THE EVENT CLOSED WITH A +CANDLE-LIGHT+ DINNER AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT.
THIS EVENT WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
PASSING-OUT PARADE FOR 168 RECRUITS
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THIRTY-FIVE ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND 133 IMMIGRATION ASSISTANTS WHO HAD COMPLETED INDUCTION TRAINING TOOK PART IN A PASSING-OUT PARADE TODAY (SATURDAY).
OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY AT THE AUXILIARY POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN KOWLOON BAY, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR J.M. MURPHIE, TOLD THE NEW RECRUITS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SERVICE AND REMINDED THEM OF THEIR OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
HE SAID THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE WAS FOUNDED IN 1961 AND HAD ESTABLISHED TRADITIONS AND BUILT UP A REPUTATION FOR DEDICATION
AND EFFICIENCY.
THE TRAINING PROGRAMME, ORGANISED BY THE TRAINING SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, COVERED IMMIGRATION LAWS AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE.
AT TODAY'S CEREMONY, BEST RECRUIT SHIELDS WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO AN OFFICER FROM EACH OF THE NINE SQUADS ON PARADE.
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