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"IT IS ALSO A STEP FORWARD IN IMPROVING THE PROVISION OF CARE SERVICES AND ATTENTION TOWARDS THE ELDERLY," HE SAID.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL START WITH AN OPENING CEREMONY AT THE MARTHA BOSS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN HO MAN TIN ON SUNDAY (JULY 19). THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EYE CARE EXHIBITION, FREE EYE CHECK-UPS AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF EYE CARE BOOKLETS AT EIGHT VENUES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT IN THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS.
THE FREE EYE CHECK-UPS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE HONG KONG OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION. ELDERLY RESIDENTS WHO TAKE PART IN THE CHECK-UPS WILL BE PROVIDED, IF NECESSARY, WITH SPECTACI ES FROM APPOINTED OPTICAL SHOPS. THOSE WHO NEED FURTHER MEDICAL TREATMENT WILL BE REFERRED TO THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS OR GOVERNMENT CLINICS.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, CHAIRMAN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MRS THERESA LAU, SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO AROUSE PUBLIC CONCERN TOWARDS ELDERLY SERVICES AND TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR THE AGED.
"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN, THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY, WILL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF EYE CARE, SHE ADDED.
MRS LAU SAID THIS WAS THE SIXTH TIME THE TUNG WAH HOSPITALS WAS ORGANISING SUCH LARGE SCALE SOCIAL SERVICES ELDERLY WITH THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.
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SHE ADDED THAT THE TUNG WAH GROUP PROVIDED NUMEROUS TYPES OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
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THE EYE CARE CAMPAIGN COSTS ABOUT $200,000 WITH GROUP PROVIDING $180,000 AND THE REMAINDER MET BY DISTRICT BOARD.
SSPA RESULTS TO BE RELEASED FRIDAY
RESULTS OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION (SSPA) WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY (JULY 10), THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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A TOTAL OF 86,618 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS TOOK PART IN THE SSPA THIS YEAR AND ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED FORM 1 OR MIDDLE 1 PLACES GOVERNMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SAID A SPOKESMAN
THE DEPARTMENT.
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