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MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1988
"A PROBLEM WHICH IS OFTEN SO PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL MOTHERS CONCERNED, THAT THEY WOULD ASSISTANCE FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS."
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SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE IDEA BEHIND MOTHER'S CHOICE WAS BORN JUST A FEW YEARS AGO.
"A NEED WAS IDENTIFIED, AND A DEDICATED GROUP OF PEOPLE SET WORK TO FIND WAYS OF MEETING THAT NEED, HE SAID.
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HE PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED FOR THEIR EFFORT AND CONTRIBUTION IN TURNING THE SCHEME INTO REALITY.
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"1 HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE YOUNG WOMEN COMING TO MOTHER'S CHOICE, WILL FIND HERE A CARING AND POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THEIR NEEDS, SIR DAVID ADDED.
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAVE BEEN PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AT DISTRICT LEVEL, THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FUNG YING SIN KOON LIMITED SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AT CHEUNG WAH ESTATE IN FANLING, MR CHEUNG SAID FIVE INSTITUTIONS RUN BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS WOULD COMMENCE OPERATION IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AGED IN NORTH DISTRICT.
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HE NOTED THAT OF THE 150,000 RESIDENTS, ABOUT 17,000 WERE 60 YEARS OLD, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 10 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT.
"A HOSTEL AND A RECREATION CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY WILL BE SET UP IN TING PING ESTATE, SHEUNG SHUI IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
"TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THR GROWING POPULATION IN FANLING
A SOUTH, A MULTI-SERVICES COMMUNITY CENTRE AS WELL AS
DAY CARE AND ATTENTION CENTRE FOR THE AGED WILL BE IN OPERATION WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE YEARS," HE SAID.
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