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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1991
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"TO ENABLE THE ELDERLY TO REMAIN PART
THE COMMUNITY, RÅNGE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES BEEN PROVIDED ON A DISTRICT BASIS," SHE SAID.
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"IT IS ESTIMATED THAT TODAY WE NEED 256 SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, 30 MUTI-SERVICES CENTRES AND 30 DAY CARE CENTRES, IN ADDITION TO 7,693 PLACES IN HOMES FOR THE AGED AND 8,462 CARE-AND-ATTENTION PLACES то COPE WITH THE NEEDS OF
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CITIZENS, SHE ADDED.
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MRS GOODSTADT SAID NEW SERVICES, SUCH AS RESPITE SERVICE AND OUT-REACHING SERVICE, WERE BEING EXPERIMENTED AND DEVELOPED то PROVIDE BETTER SUPPORT FOR THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY.
SHE ALSO COMMENDED SIK SIK YUEN FOR THEIR CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT AND ENTHUSIASM IN EXPANDING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
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NATURE EDUCATION CENTRE DRAWS CROWDS
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MORE THAN 36,000 VISITORS HAVE TOURED THE LIONS EDUCATION CENTRE IN TSIU HANG, SAI KUNG, SINCE IT WAS OPENED THREE MONTHS AGO.
THE SENIOR COUNTRY PARKS OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD), MR C.C. LAY, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE CENTRE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT SO FAR ABOUT 2,800 PEOPLE HAD MADE USE OF THE CENTRE'S GROUP BOOKING AND GUIDED TOUR FACILITY.
"OTHER VISITORS CAME IN SELF-ORGANISED GROUPS BUT THE MAJORITY ARE FAMILIES SPENDING A DAY OUT AT THE CENTRE ON WEEKENDS, HE SAID.
A SMALL-SCALE OPINION SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENTRE LAST MONTH SHOWED THAT THE THREE EXHIBITION HALLS ON HONG KONO'S AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND COUNTRYSIDE RESOURCES, THE SPECIMEN ORCHARD, AND THE CHINESE HERBAL GARDEN WERE MOST FAVOURED BY VISITORS.
"WE ARE GLAD TO LEARN THAT MOST VISITORS POLLED FELT THAT THEIR TRIP HAD BEEN MEANINGFUL AND EDUCATIONAL, PARTICULARLY FOR THE YOUNG.
"THE RESPONDENTS HAD ALSO MADE SOME POSITIVE SUGGESTIONS ON IMPROVING FACILITIES AND ADDING NEW ITEMS OF INTEREST, WHICH WE WILL TRY TO ADOPT AS FAR AS RESOURCES PERMIT," MR LAY SAID.
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NOTING THAT MANY VISITORS HAD POINTED OUT THE NEED TO A CAFETERIA AT THE CENTRE, MR LAY SAID PLANS FOR THIS FACILITY WERE NOW IN HAND AND IT WAS HOPED THAT WORK ON THE CAFETERIA COULD START IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
"WE ARE ALSO ACTIVELY WORKING ON NEW ATTRACTIONS AT THE CENTRE, WHICH INCLUDE A TURF CORNER DISPLAYING DIFFERENT GRASS SPECIES, A BAMBOO COLLECTION, AND THE SKELETON AND WET MOUNT OF A PYGMY SPERM WHALE.
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