FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1989
TRUE
IN THIS
CONTEXT: AS A GOLDEN "OLD AGE CAN BE VIEWED PERIOD. A PHASE WHICH WE SHOULD WELCOME RATHER THAN DREAD, OUR LIVES IN WHICH WE CAN LIVE MORE FULLY AND MEANINGFULLY WE ARE FACING THE STRUGGLES OF PARENTHOOD AND THE BURDEN OF A CAREER.
A TIME IN THAN WHEN
"OUR COMMUNITY HAS CONSTRUCTIVE TERMS.
TO LEARN TO
THINK OF OLD
AGE. IN
WHO CAN ENRICH OF THEIR FREEDOM
"OUR ELDERLY WILL THEN BE PERCEIVED AS ASSETS THEIR FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY BECAUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES," SHE SAID.
A PROVIDED
NECESSARY BALANCE WHOSE MAIN EMPHASIS WAS NO DAILY NECESSITIES FOR
MRS GOODSTADT SAID THE ELDERLY FOR SOCIETY, BEING THE ONE LARGE GROUP LONGER ON ECONOMIC GOALS OR PROVIDING FOR THE THEIR CHILDREN.
"THEY HAVE
TIME
FOR
FRIENDSHIP,
то
CONTEMPLATE
THE
WIDER
MEANING OF LIFE AND THE VALUE OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
SHE EXPLAINED THAT OLD AGE COVERED A FROM THE 60'S WELL INTO THE 80'S.
SPAN OF SOME 25 YEARS
WERE IN FACT
DISMISS
IN THIS RESPECT, PERSONS IN THEIR 60'S AND 70'S
NOT MAKE SENSE TO STILL RELATIVELY YOUNG AND IT DID GROUP AS LIMITED IN THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES, SHE SAID.
"THEY HAVE AS MANY TALENTS AS THE AVERAGE ADULT POPULATION THEIR INTERESTS AND HOBBIES ARE JUST AS WIDE.
THIS
AND
"THEY HAVE EVERY REASON TO CONTINUE DEBATE, SPORTS AND CULTURAL PURSUITS.
TO BE ACTIVE IN
DRAMA,
THEY ENJOY AND THEY HAVE THE
"THE MAJORITY OF THE ELDERLY HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.
OF THEIR LIVES STAGE AMPLE FREE TIME AT THIS LEISURE TO CULTIVATE THEIR PERSONAL INTERESTS,"
SAID
BOTH THE
VOLUNTARY GOVERNMENT AND THE
ACTIVITIES FOR THE
MRS GOODSTADT AGENCIES WERE WORKING TOWARDS PROVIDING MORE DAY ELDERLY INCLUDING SOCIAL AND MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES.
THE ELDERLY AND AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 106 SOCIAL CENTRES FOR 14 MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF NEARLY 40,000.
PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR PROGRAMMES ARE ABOUT 100,000 A MONTH.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS,
THESE FACILITIES
WOULD BE INCREASED TO 174.
MRS GOODSTADT COMMENDED YAN OI TONG FOR SETTING A GOOD BY PROVIDING THE IMPETUS FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AND THE AVENUES ELDERLY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
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EXAMPLE
FOR
THE