TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1990
10
GOLDEN SOUVENIR FOR CENTENARIAN IN TUEN MUN
CHINESE NEW
MEDAL BY BEING THE YEAR
A CENTENARIAN, MR CHAN TSUNG, WAS PRESENTED A GOLD THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT RESPECT FOR THE AGED ASSOCIATION FOR OLDEST OF THE 1,700 PARTICIPANTS IN THE DISTRICT'S FEAST FOR THE AGED THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING.
THE GOLD MEDAL FOR THE OLDEST WOMAN PARTICIPANT WAS PRESENTED
TAM LAI-CHING, AGED 93. TO MADAM
TWENTY
OLD OTHER
PEOPLE EACH
RECEIVED A SOUVENIR.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION, MR WONG SHUE, SAID THE ANNUAL BANQUET WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE ASSOCIATION'S ACTIVITIES.
"THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, WE HOPE TO PROMOTE THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, MR WONG SAID.
...
MANY OF THOSE ATTENDING CAME FROM 12
DISTRICT
RESPECT FOR
ORGANISATIONS
AND CENTRES FOR THE AGED.
GUESTS OFFICIATING
AT THE FUNCTION
INCLUDED MR LAU
THE DISTRICT WONG-FAT;
AND
OFFICER, MR JOHN WAN; LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR STEPHEN CHAU.
THE BANQUET WAS ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT RESPECT DISTRICT FOR THE AGED ASSOCIATION, WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM THE TUEN MUN BOARD.
FEAST FOR ELDERLY IN NORTH DISTRICT
*
ABOUT 1,200 ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF NORTH DISTRICT, ALL AGED ABOVE 65, WILL BE TREATED TO A FEAST TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
SPONSORED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, THE FEAST HAS BEEN ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR ELDERLY ACTIVITIES AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT TO SENIOR RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES OF CANTONESE OPERA SONGS AND POPULAR MANDARIN RENDITIONS AS WELL AS A LUCKY DRAW. PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE FREE GIFTS.
/AMONG THOSE