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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1986
HELP FOR ELDERLY TO REMAIN WITHIN COMMUNITY
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THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IS TO ENABLE THEM TO RETAIN THE IR SELF-RESPECT AND TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WHILE RESIDENTIAL CARE GENERALLY CATERED FOR OLD PEOPLE WHO CANNOT LIVE INDEPENDENTLY OR WITH THEIR FAMILIES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MISS NANCY LAW, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIK SIK YUEN HO NING SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AT SHEK LEI ESTATE, MISS LAW SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES JOINTLY PROVIDED A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES TO HELP THE ELDERLY TO FACE OLD AGE POSITIVELY AND TO PASS THE IR REMAINING YEARS HAPPILY.
THESE SERVICES INCLUDED RESIDENTIAL CARE AND HOME HELP SERVICES AS WELL AS DAY CARE, MULTI-SERVICES AND SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY.
+SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY ARE SET UP IN THE HOPE THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT CAN BE PROVIDED FOR THE ELDERLY THROUGH VARIOUS SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,+ MISS LAW SAID.
+THE PRESENT PLANNING RATIO IS ONE SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY FOR EVERY 30 000 POPULATION AND INCLUDING THE HO NING CENTRE, THERE ARE AT PRESENT 81 SUBVENTED SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY IN HONG KONG,+ SHE ADDED.
NOTING THAT THERE WERE AT THE MOMENT ONE CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOME, ONE HOSTEL AND THREE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY OPERATED BY SIK SIK YUEN, MISS LAW SAID SHE WAS GLAD THAT THE ASSOCIATION WAS PLANNING OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES AND WOULD DIVERSIFY INTO THE CHILD CARE FIELD.
WATER SUPPLY PLANNED FOR SQUATTERS
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PROGRESS REPORTS ON WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS IN TSUEN WAN WILL BE PRESENTED AT A MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSPORT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS INVOLVE SERVING SQUATTER AREAS FROM THE TSUEN WAN WEST ULTRA HIGH LEVEL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE BRIEFED ON THE PROGRAMME TO BUILD BUS SHELTERS IN THE DISTRICT.
WAYS OF IMPROVING ROAD CROSSING FACILITIES AT SHAM TSENG, FOR PEDESTRIANS CROSSING CASTLE PEAK ROAD, WILL BE CONSIDERED.
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