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MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1986
FOR CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE, PRE-PACKAGED SETS OF THE FOUR FIXED VALUES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $3.60 PER SET FROM THE SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES TOMORROW.
BUT INDIVIDUAL LABEL DENOMINATIONS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE OTHER THAN THROUGH THE MACHINE.
IN ADDITION, +SERVICED+ FIRST DAY COVERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT $5.10 EACH AT THE SIX PHILATELIC OFFICES TOMORROW. THE COVERS WILL BE AFFIXED WITH A FULL SET OF THE LABELS AND CANCELLED WITH A PHILATELIC BUREAU DATESTAMP.
STANLEY, SHEK O ELDERLY SERVICES LAGGING BEHIND
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SURVEY
A SURVEY CARRIED OUT AMONG THE ELDERLY IN STANLEY AND SHEK O HAS BUGGESTED WIDE-RANGING IMPROVEMENTS OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.
THEY COVERED MEDICAL, TRANSPORT, SOCIAL WELFARE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES WHICH THE SURVEY FOUND LAGGING BEHIND THE NEEDS OF MOST ELDERLY PEOPLE.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 1 580 PEOPLE AGED 60 AND ABOVE AMONG THE 15 000 POPULATION OF STANLEY AND SHEK
A TOTAL OF 273 ELDERLY PEOPLE CHOSEN AT RANDOM WERE INTERVIEWED IN THE SURVEY WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ABERDEEN KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY CENTRE.
MOST RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WERE 180LATED FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES. USUALLY WENT AFTER ENTERTAINMENT THAT REQUIRED NO ORGANISATION SUCH AS WATCHING TELEVISION OR LISTENING TO THE RADIO, AND MANY SUFFERED CHRONIC ILLNESS.
THE SURVEY ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN STANLEY AND SHEK O, AND WHEN COMPARED WITH URBAN AREAS. ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THE ELDERLY WERE FEWER AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES LIMITED.
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