FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1988

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR A LONELY OLD LADY

A 105-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WHO HAS SPENT MORE THAN 30

HER CELEBRATE WILL HUT, SQUATTER ALONE IN A

CARE SHELTER AT THE KWAI 31 (JANUARY WHERE SHE NOW LEADS A NEW LIFE.

SHING

YEARS BIRTHDAY ON

THE FOR

LIVING SUNDAY

ELDERLY

AT THAT TIME, MADAM CHAN WAS LIVING IN A SQUATTER HUT NEAR MA WAN TYPHOON SHELTER. SHE HAD TO BE IN A SQUATTING POSITION ALL TIME AND COULD ONLY WALK WITH HER HANDS.

KWAI MADAM CHAN SAI-MUI IS ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS OF THE TSING DISTRICT. HER LIVING CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED AFTER BRIAN COAK, SPOTTED HER DURING A KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR VISIT OF THE TSING YI AREA COMMITTEE TO MA WAN IN THE SUMMER OF 1986.

THE THE

DURING HER BIRTHDAY

HARDSHIPS MADAM CHAN RECEIVED RECENTLY.

MR CELEBRATION,

AND HAS EXPERIENCED

COAK WILL THE ASSISTANCE

OUTLINE

THE

SHE

HAS

ALSO ATTENDING THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WILL BE PEOPLE WHO

DISTRICT KWAI TSING CONCERNED ABOUT MADAM CHAN. THEY INCLUDE

DIRECTOR OF THE HELPING MEMBER, MR LAM YAU-KWONG, EXECUTIVE DR KALEI INN, AND MEMBERS OF THE KWAI TSING YIN NGAI SOCIETY.

ARE

BOARD HAND,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

CELEBRATION TO

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER MADAM CHAN'S BIRTHDAY BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 3】 AT THE KWAI SHING CARE SHELTER, GROUND FLOOR, BLOCK 8, KWAI SHING WEST ESTATE.

OR TAKE THE OFFICES GOVERNMENT

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES MAY GO DIRECT TO THE VENUE

HING THE KWAI LEAVE GOVERNMENT VAN WHICH WILL BUILDING (NEXT TO KWAI HING MTR STATION) AT 10.15 AM.

YAU MA TEI TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY

A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ROAD SAFETY THE URBAN IN YAU MA TEI ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 3) AT GARDEN, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST.

WILL BE LAUNCHED CENTENARY COUNCIL

THE EVENT IS ORGANISED BY THE CAMPAIGN'S AND SPONSORED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

THE THEME

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