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SUNDAY,
JANUARY 10, 1988
ELDERLY URGED TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
ΤΑΙ РО DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT, THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON URGED SENIOR RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT TO PARTICIPATE MORE ACTIVELY IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
SPEAKING AT A VARIETY SHOW FOR THE ELDERLY HELD AT THE TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE, MR BURRETT SAID THE DISTRICT'S LUNAR NEW YEAR PROGRAMME AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT PROVIDED MANY THE ELDERLY.
ACTIVITIES FOR
HE BELIEVED THAT MANY OF THE SPECTATORS OF THE VARIETY SHOW MUST HAVE PARTICIPATED IN VEGETARIAN FEASTS, THE THE ELDERLY HELD DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR OR ELDERLY LAST JANUARY.
BIRTHDAY
PARTY FOR
THE
CARNIVAL
FOR
THE
MR BURRETT ADDED THAT TAI PO PEOPLE HAD ALWAYS SHOWN CONCERN FOR THE SENIOR RESIDENTS, AND A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES WERE PROVIDED BY THE EIGHT
PEOPLE'S HOMES AND ELDERLY CENTRES IN THE DISTRICT.
OLD
TODAY'S VARIETY SHOW
WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WORKING GROUP ON THE ELDERLY DAY OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES EVENTS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL. IT WAS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE'S ELDERLY SERVICES PROJECT.
PROGRAMMES OF THE SHOW INCLUDED CHINESE OPERA AND ACROBATICS PERFORMANCES, THERE WAS ALSO A TEA GATHERING FOR THE 800 SPECTATORS.
RURAL
OFFICIATING AT THE SHOW WERE THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG NORTH MR LAM PAK-PING.
COMMITTEE,
WORKERS WILL
IN THE
APART FROM THE VARIETY SHOW, ABOUT 100 VOLUNTARY VISIT THE ELDERLY LIVING IN REMOTE VILLAGES AND OLD BUILDINGS DISTRICT ON JANUARY 31 TO HELP THEM CLEAN UP AND PAINT THEIR HOMES.
CARE
IT IS HOPED THAT THESE VISITS WILL HELP PROMOTE AGED AND ASSIST THE ELDERLY TO PREPARE FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
FOR THE
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