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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1986
PRESENTATION OF INSIGNIA
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INSIGNIA FOR 83 PEOPLE WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AT A CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT 6 PM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
EIGHTY-ONE RECIPIENTS WERE DECORATED BY THE QUEEN FOR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC, WHILE TWO WERE AWARDED THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENDATION,
MR HO SIN-HANG AND MR PETER C. WONG WILL RECEIVE THE CBE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A LIST OF THE RECIPIENTS AT THE INSIGNIA PRESENTATION MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE GIS NEWS DIVISION AT 4 PM TOMORROW (MONDAY).
ONLY PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CAMERAMEN WITH SPECIAL PASSES WILL BE ADMITTED TO GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THEY SHOULD MEET GIS OFFICERS IN THE GUARD ROOM NOT LATER THAN 5.30 PM.
NEWSPAPERS WITHOUT SUCH PASSES WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CAMBRIDGE'S STUDIO, 802, YIP FUNG BUILDING, 2-12 D'AGUILAR STREET, CENTRAL, TELEPHONE 5-223314.
FESTIVAL AROUSES CONCERN FOR ELDERLY
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THE ANNUAL SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY HAS AROUSED PEOPLE'S CONCERN TOWARDS THEIR SENIORS AND ALSO ENABLED ELDERLY PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT MODERN SOCIETY, SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
+ THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN THE FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY HAVE ENRICHED THE LIFE OF THE ELDERS AND ENHANCED THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE FESTIVAL'S CLOSING CEREMONY, MR HO SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT A GREAT NUMBER OF ELDERLY FOLK IN THE DISTRICT WERE LIVING HAPPILY AND PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
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THEY HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN MAINTAINING THEIR OWN WELFARE AS HELPING TO OBTAIN TRAVEL SUBSIDIES ON MAXICABS, AND THEY HAD SHOWN COMMUNITY SPIRIT BY VOTING IN DISTRICT ELECTIONS.
/MR HO