WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
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SPEAKING AS THE DISTRIBUTION BEGAN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS EVELYN DOE, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS CONCERN FOR THE ELDERLY AND SAID THAT IT HAD SET AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE FOR OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROUPS.
THOSE TAKING PART IN THE DISTRIBUTION INCLUDED MRS WONG CHI-WAI, WIFE OF THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, AND MR SUEN LIT-FAI, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION.
ELDERLY IN SAI KUNG RECEIVE +LAI SEE+
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ABOUT 800 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN SAI KUNG, HANG HAU AND RENNIE'S MILL WILL RECEIVE +LAI SEE+ PACKETS FROM THE FAT CHOY SPECIAL AID FUND STARTING TODAY (WEDNESDAY) UNTIL FRIDAY.
THIS MORNING, 263 ELDERLIES HAPPILY RECEIVED RED PACKETS FROM STAFF OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE AT A BRIEF CEREMONY HELD IN THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE.
A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID OTHER ELDERLY PEOPLE WOULD RECEIVE RED PACKETS IN THE HANG HAU RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE, THE YEUNG CHUN HOUSE IN RENNIE'S MILL AND SEVERAL HOMES FOR THE AGED OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
THE FAT CHOY SPECIAL AID IS AN ANNUAL DRIVE BY THE SING TAO NEWSPAPER LIMITED TO HELP NEEDY INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE A HAPPIER LUNAR NEW YEAR.
A SUM OF $40 000 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THIS YEAR'S RED PACKETS DISTRIBUTION IN SAI KUNG.
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