SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1989
MORE SOCIAL CENTRES PLANNED FOR THE ELDERLY * * * * *
THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD 55 MORE SOCIAL
THE TOTAL BRING ELDERLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO
SECRETARY CENTRES TO 160 TO SATISFY THE DEMAND, THE WELFARE, MR T.I. CHAU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
CENTRES FOR THE NUMBER OF SUCH FOR HEALTH AND
HOSTEL
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TSUI LAM
HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR AND SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY RUN BY THE THE AGED AT TSEUNG KWAN 0.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ELDERLY OVER THE PAST
MR CHAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROVIDED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE DECADE.
ELDERLY OPENED TODAY IS
"THE TSUI LAM SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES OFFERED.
A WITH
FOR PLACE THEM MAKE THE ACQUAINTED WITH THEY CAN
"NOT ONLY DOES IT
ELDERLY THE PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, BUT IT ALSO HELPS BEST USE OF THEIR LEISURE, WIDEN THEIR HORIZONS, GET THEIR COMMUNITY, AND ADAPT BETTER TO SOCIAL CHANGES SO THAT SPEND THEIR LATER YEARS IN FULLNESS AND HAPPINESS.
MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY, KINDS OF RESIDENTIAL THE GOVERNMENT HAD ESTABLISHED DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATION, SUCH AS HOSTELS, SHELTERED HOUSING, HOMES FOR THE
ACCOMMODATE AS WELL AS
ATTENTION HOME, ACCORDING TO THEIR PHYSICAL CONDITION.
AND CARE
TO
"THE TSUI LAM HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY OPENED TODAY
H HE SAID. FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY BETTER HEALTH,
AGED
OLD PEOPLE
IS
DESIGNED
MR CHAU SAID THE NUMBER OF PLACES IN HOSTELS AND HOMES AGED WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE FROM THE PRESENT 8,107 TO THE COMING FIVE YEARS.
FOR THE
13,166 IN
"PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM THE PRESENT 1,860 TO 6,893, HE SAID.
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MR CHAU ALSO PRAISED THE HONG KONG SOCIETY
WELFARE ITS TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS IN PROVIDING ELDERLY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1977.
FOR THE AGED FOR SERVICES FOR THE
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