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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1987
"AS A RESULT, VARIOUS
CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND AN INTIMATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED," SHE SAID.
"THROUGH SUBVENTION AND VARIOUS FORMS OF DIVISION OF LABOUR, DIFFERENT WELFARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN CO-ORDINATION, M SHE ADDED.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS ADVANTAGEOUS AS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD GREATER FLEXIBILITY THAN THE DEPARTMENT IN CARRYING OUT PILOT SCHEMES AND PIONEER SERVICES.
"MOREOVER, THE DIFFERENT FOCUSES OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY AGENCIES WITH VARIED BACKGROUNDS LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OP MULTIFARIOUS WELFARE SERVICES WHICH ARE TAILOR-MADE FOR THIS DENSELY-POPULATED AND FAST-CHANGING METROPOLIS," SHE ADDED.
MRS WONG COMMENDED THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND CO-OPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN/KWAI TSING OFFICE IN PROMOTING SERVICES SUCH AS THOSE FOR THE ELDERLY DISABLED AND ON MENTAL REHABILITATION.
NUMEROUS FOR ITS DISTRICT AND THE
ELDERLY HOME LIFE IN KWUN TONG
FUNCTION
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT ELDERLY SERVICE JOINT COMMITTER TODAY (SATURDAY) ORGANISED A "ELDERLY HOME LIFE IN KWUN TONG" PROGRAMME AT THE TELFORD GARDEN MAIN SQUARE, KOWLOON BAY.
SPONSORED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE PROGRAMME AIMED AT ENRICHING THE SENIOR CITIZENS' GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOME SAFETY AND PROMOTING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
THE COMMITTEE IS FORMED BY ALL ELDERLY SERVICE UNITS IN KWUN TONG, INCLUDING SOCIAL CENTRES AND MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, HOMES AND HOSTELS FOR THE AGED AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECTS.
MANY LOCAL SENIOR RESIDENTS FOUND TODAY'S PROGRAMME, WHICH INCLUDED GAMES STALLS, OPERA PERFORMANCE AND TALKS ON SUCH TOPICS AS NUTRITION, HOME SAFETY AND INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING.
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