TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1990
IS PLANNING
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LO WAI LIBRARY AND
LADY
WAS WILSON
TOLD THAT THE INSTITUTE 18,000-SQUARE-METRE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE HILL SLOPES OF FOR A RELIGIOUS COMPLEX WHICH WOULD COMPRISE A MUSEUM, A SEVERAL TEMPLES.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO THE YUEN YUEN HOME FOR THE AGED IN SOME CLASSES OF HANDICRAFT THE VICINITY, WHERE LADY WILSON WATCHED AND CALLIGRAPHY.
THIS HOME, ESTABLISHED BY THE YUEN YUEN INSTITUTE 15 YEARS AGO, CAN ACCOMMODATE 120 ELDERLY PEOPLE.
FOR CARE AND
AND ATTENTION SERVICES WITH THE GROWING DEMAND FOR CARE THE ELDERLY, THE INSTITUTE HAS FURTHER PLANS TO BUILD A NEW ATTENTION HOME FOR THE AGED,
TOLD THAT THE
THE $31 OF
LADY WILSON WAS
SITE
OF FORMATION MILLION PROJECT HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED, AND THAT, UPON COMPLETION
WOULD BE AVAILABLE THE NEW HOME NEXT YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL 150 PLACES AND SERVICES FOR THE AGED FURTHER IMPROVED.
EDUCATION IMPORTANT TO DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
OF YOUNG
EDUCATION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WHO ARE VALUABLE RESOURCES OF SOCIETY, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS MIRIAM LAU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING IN HER CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST COMMITTEE AT A BURSARY CERTIFICATES PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MRS LAU SAID BRAIN DRAIN WAS PROBLEM IN HONG KONG WHICH WAS BECOMING MORE ACUTE IN RECENT YEARS.
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SHE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD DONE THE BEST TO MAKE PEOPLE STAY AND TO ACTIVELY TRAIN UP THOSE WITH POTENTIALS.
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"AT PRESENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPANDING AND IMPROVING BOTH THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION, AND IS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PLACES IN TERTIARY EDUCATION, SHE NOTED.
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MRS LAU SAID THE SETTING UP OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES CHILDREN'S EDUCATION TRUST NOT ONLY HELPED RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF PARENTS BUT ALSO ENCOURAGED YOUNG PEOPLE ΤΟ WORK HARD IN THEIR STUDIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG.
THE EDUCATION TRUST WAS SET UP IN 1983 WITH A DONATION FROM MR WILLIAM MONG TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CHILDREN OP ASSISTANT OFFICERS AND EQUIVALENT GRADES TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION.
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