SATURDAY, ARPIL 29, 1989
"VOLUNTEER SERVICES ARE
INDISPENSABLE
COMMUNITY SERVICES AS EXPERIENCE AND
THESE VOLUNTEERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME, ENERGY, SKILLS TO THE NEEDY."
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 15.5 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WILL BE THE ELDERLY, AGED 60 AND ABOVE, BY THE 21ST CENTURY.
REVIEWING
MR CHUI NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSTANTLY POLICY IN RELATION TO THE AGING POPULATION AND THEIR SOCIAL NEEDS.
"IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR PRINCIPLE TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE VARIOUS SUPPORT TO THE ELDERLY SO THAT THEY LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN HARMONY LIFE," HE SAID.
THE
CARE
COMMUNITY
ARE ABLE то
AGED
FOR
MR CHUI ALSO COMMENDED THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE INTRODUCING THE PIONEER PROJECT AND POOLING RESOURCES FROM THE MIDDLE- AGED VOLUNTEERS SO THAT THEY COULD BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH SOCIETY.
THE "WIDENING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 50 PLUS" THE SAGE LAST SEPTEMBER AND WAS WELL RECEIVED, THE 60 VOLUNTEERS, AGED BETWEEN 50 AND 65, HAVE EACH HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES,
A
BY
WAS INTRODUCED
CURRENT BATCH OF COMPLETED THEIR 25
BEFORE
COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING THESE VOLUNTEERS WERE GIVEN THEY RENDER THEIR SERVICES TO THE DISABLED CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.
HONG KONG IS DOOR TO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN ASIA: SGD
BUSINESS LEADERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND
OF
ACADEMICS IN THE MISSISSIPPI, WERE
AMERICAN CITY OF JACKSON, CAPITOL OF THE STATE YESTERDAY (APRIL 281 TOLD OF THE TREMENDOUS TRADE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAITED THEM IN ASIA
THROUGH HONG KONG'S GUARANTEED FUTURE AS AN INTERNATIONAL TRADING ECONOMY,
IN A KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE LEADING EDGE SEMINAR IN THE CITY,
MR SECRETARY FOR GENERAL DUTIES,
BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID THE SYSTEMS WHICH HAD PROVED TO BE A WORKING RECIPE FOR HONG KONG'S ASTONISHING SUCCESS STORY
BE PRESERVED UNDER THE
DECLARATION.
WOULD
SINO-BRITISH
JOINT
UNIVERSITIES CENTRE OF
THE SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED BY THE JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY WHICH REPRESENTS THE MAJOR INSTITUTES OF LEARNING IN THE STATE.
WELL
MR WIGGHAM SAID THE JOINT DECLARATION WAS ALREADY WORKING EIGHT YEARS BEFORE HONG KONG REVERTS TO CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE PROCESS TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROVISIONS HAD ALREADY STARTED.
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