MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1990
DONATION SETS UP SELF-FINANCING HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
BE ESTABLISHED A NEW SELF-FINANCING HOME FOR THE ELDERLY WILL
FOLLOWING A IN TIME TO RECEIVE RESIDENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR,
MILLION RECEIVED BY THE SOCIAL GENEROUS PRIVATE DONATION OF $10 WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY),
DR
THE DONATION WAS MADE BY AN ACADEMIC AND RETIRED RESEARCHER
CHARITABLE TRUST HUI WAI-HAAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DR HUI'S WISHES, A
OF SOCIAL WELFARE UNDER HER NAME HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE DIRECTOR
FOR THE
PRIMARILY ELDERLY, SERVICES INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, TO BE NAMED AFTER HER LATE MOTHER MRS HUI TAK-YU.
SPEAKING AT A CHEQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS MORNING AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID THERE WAS AN ACUTE SHORTFALL AND ATTENTION PLACES IN HONG KONG.
"THIS GENEROUS DONATION HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SELF-FINANCING HOME AT SHORT NOTICE.
IT
MOK
THE
OF CARE.
ΤΟ ESTABLISH AN
"THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPLEMENT OUR EXISTING PLANS AND WILL COME
WILL MAKE ON STREAM MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE ACCOMMODATION TO BE PURCHASED AND ADAPTED, RATHER ACCOMMODATION WHICH CAN TAKE A VERY LONG TIME TO COMPLETE.
"IT WILL THUS HELP TO BRING SOME EARLY
" HE SAID. FOR PLACEMENTS FOR THE ELDERLY,
USE OF EXISTING THAN PURPOSE-BUILT
RELIEF ΤΟ THE DEMAND
WENT
SMOOTHLY,
THIS IF EVERYTHING MR
SAID CARTLAND
WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT 100 PERSONS FOR ELDERLY SELF-FINANCING HOME ADDITIONAL CARE AND ATTENTION PLACES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
WILL MAINLY
COME FROM HOME "RESIDENTS OF THE WAITING LIST MAINTAINED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT,
THE
CENTRAL HE SAID.
UNDERTOOK TO THE GOVERNMENT MR CARTLAND STRESSED THAT WHILE
RESIDENTIAL IN PARTICULAR ELDERLY, PROVIDE MORE SERVICES FOR THE
FASTER PACE WITH FACILITIES, MORE FACILITIES COULD BE PROVIDED AT A THE HELP OF PRIVATE DONATIONS.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO DR HUI FOR THE GENEROSITY AND REMARKED SHE HAD SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT
IN
ELDERLY,
PREMISES SUITABLE SWD STAFF WERE NOW ALREADY LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE SETTING UP OF THIS HOME FOR THE
HE SAID. WHICH WOULD BE RUN BY A NON-PROFIT-MAKING AGENCY,"
EARLY
AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN THE
SERIES OF KEY TEACHING 30'S, MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY, DR HUI HELD A POSTS IN HKU UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN THE EARLY 70'S.
/SINCE THEN