TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1987
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BANQUET HELD IN HONOUR OF TUEN MUN ELDERLIES
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ABOUT 1 200 ELDERLY PEOPLE AGED 60 OR ABOVE IN TUEN MUN DISTRICT WERE TREATED TO A BANQUET TODAY (TUESDAY) AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT TO CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT RESPECT FOR THE AGED ASSOCIATION AND SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE FEAST WAS AIMED AT FOSTERING RESPECT FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING AT THE BANQUET, THE ASSOCIATION'S CHAIRMAN, MR WONG SHU, SAID SINCE THE SETTING UP OF THE ASSOCIATION IN 1981 IT HAD ORGANISED VARIOUS FUNCTIONS FOR MEMBERS, INCLUDING +HEALTH FORTNIGHT FOR THE ELDERLY+ AND +GAMES DAY FOR THE ELDERLY+.
OFFICIATING GUESTS AT THE BANQUET INCLUDED DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR LAU WONG-FAT, AND SENIOR SOCIAL WORK OFFICER, MR YIP TAK-CHU.
THE OLDEST MAN AND WOMAN, AGED 97 AND 93 RESPECTIVELY, WERE EACH AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL WHILE TEN OLDEST PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED GIFT PACKETS.
SHA TIN POPULATION BOOST WITH MA ON SHAN INTAKE
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MA ON SHAN WOULD INCREASE SHA TIN'S POPULATION BY ABOUT 30 000 AND EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO HELP NEW RESIDENTS SETTLE IN, SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LEO KWAN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A SPRING RECEPTION CELEBRATION, MR KWAN SAID THERE WERE NUMEROUS ORGANISATIONS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO NEW RESIDENTS, THE FIRST BATCH OF WHICH WOULD MOVE INTO MA ON SHAN NEXT MONTH.
+ IN ORDER TO HELP THE EMIGRANTS ADAPT TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT AND TO CULTIVATE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY, THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE TO THEM, HE SAID.
+THERE ARE AT PRESENT 202 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND 21 OWNERS CORPORATIONS IN THE DISTRICT AND IT IS HOPED THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN FORMING RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER LOCAL BODIES, HE ADDED.
MR KWAN ALSO URGED VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS, RURAL COMMITTEES AND BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BOARD AND DISTRICT OFFICE IN PREPARATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS.
+WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING THE NEW RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED AS VOTERS TO DO SO, HE SAID.
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