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SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1987
YIN NGA SOCIETIES ARE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS FORMED TO PROVIDE AVENUES FOR HOUSEWIVES TO GET TOGETHER, EXCHANGE VIEWS IN HOUSECRAFT, HELP ONE ANOTHER AND BETTER USE THEIR SPARE TIME.
IN THE EARLY DAYS, THESE ASSOCIATIONS WERE MAINLY SET UP IN NEW TOWNS, WHERE HOUSEWIVES WERE FACING BOREDOM AND INVOLUNTARY ISOLATION IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT WITH UNFAMILIAR NEIGHBOURS.
SINCE THE YIN NGAI MOVEMENT BEGAN IN 1981, IT HAS SPREAD FROM THE NEW TOWNS INTO THE URBAN AREAS AND THEIR OBJECTIVES HAVE EXPANDED FROM PROMOTING WOMEN'S WELFARE TO ENCOURAGING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 30 YIN NGAI SOCIETIES WITH ABOUT 4 000 MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND A CENTRAL COUNCIL WAS FORMED IN 1985 TO MAINTAIN THE SOLIDARITY OF THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES AS THE ORGANISATION GROWS.
TWO CENTRES FOR SHAM SHUI PO ELDERLY PLANNED
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO BOOST FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY IN SHAM SHUI PO BY SETTING UP A MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY ON THE SHAM SHUI PO RECLAMATION AND A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AT TAI PO ROAD IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THESE PROJECTS IS WELL UNDERWAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 1988-89.
THE SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, LOCATED AT 70 TA! PO ROAD, WILL BE OPERATED ON A NEIGHBOURHOOD BASIS TO MEET THE RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY IN THE AREA.
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THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, WITH FACILITIES AND SERVICES EQUIVALENT TO TWO SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, WILL BE HOUSED IN THE SHAM SHUI PO COMMUNITY CENTRE OFF THE WESTERN KOWLOON CORRIDOR.
THIS MULTI-SERVICE CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING HOME HELP, COUNSELLING, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, CANTEEN, FACILITIES FOR LAUNDRY, BATHING AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON A DISTRICT BASIS.
/THE SPOKESMAN