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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1989
"LAI-SEE" FOR 8,000 ELDERLY
SOME 8,000 RESIDENTS FROM 74 HOSTELS AND HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TODAY (TUESDAY) RECEIVED NEW YEAR "LAI-SEE" OF $100 EACH FROM THE SHANGHAI FRATERNITY ASSOCIATION.
MORE THAN $800,000 HAD BEEN ALLOCATED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR DISTRIBUTION.
OF THE HOSTELS AND BEHALF OF THEIR
TO MARK THE OCCASION, 63 REPRESENTATIVES HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY RECEIVED THE RED PACKETS ON CLIENTS AT A CHEQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN THE HEADQUARTERS ASSOCIATION.
OF THE
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR STEPHEN LAW, PAID TRIBUTE то THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY SERVICE SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 1978 AND CONCERN FOR THE ELDERLY.
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HE NOTED THAT IT HAD NOT ONLY SET AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE FOR OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL GROUPS BUT ALSO HELP PROMOTE CHINESE TRADITIONAL VIRTUE OF "HONOUR THE ELDERLY".
"OUR COMMUNITY ENCOURAGES INTEGRATING FAMILY LEADING A HAPPY HOME," MR LAW SAID.
THE
THE ELDERLY INTO
THE
"OUR WELFARE SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IS ALSO TAILORED TO PROVIDE A WIDE RAGNE OF SERVICES SO THAT THEY MAY PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY," HE ADDED.
MR LAW SAID THE ASSOCIATION ALSO OPERATED THE SHANGHAI FRATERNITY HEALTH CENTRE AND RENDERED NON-PROFIT MEDICAL SERVICES TO ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
AS A REGULAR DONOR, THE ASSOCIATION ALSO PROMOTED WELFARE SERVICE THROUGH COMMUNITY CHEST AND SAINT MARY'S HOME FOR THE AGED RUN BY LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.
PARTICIPANTS AT THE "LAI-SEE" DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY INCLUDED THE WIFE OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, MRS CHARLES WONG CHI-WAI; VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR RICHARD SUNG; MR TOMMY ZAU, AND MR CHOW SING-PAI AND THEIR WIVES; AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR FAN CHAI.
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