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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1992
GOVERNOR OPENS TAI TUNG PUI SOCIAL SERVICE BUILDING
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HONG KONG CAN BE PROUD OF ITS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE BUT WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED HELP.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS ΤΑΙ TUNG PUI SOCIAL SERVICE BUILDING IN TUEN MUN.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THE GROUP HAD FOR MANY YEARS, RECOGNISED THIS NEED AND WITH TYPICAL HONG KONG FLAIR, IT HAD COME UP WITH A NEW CONCEPT BY BUILDING THIS INTEGRATED-SERVICE BUILDING.
THE GOVERNOR SAID FOR THOSE OLD PEOPLE WHOSE FAMILIES COULD NOT LOOK AFTER THEM ON A FULL-TIME BASIS, THIS CENTRE WOULD BE A DAY CENTRE WHERE THEY COULD TAKE THEIR MEALS AND MEET THEIR FRIENDS.
"FOR THOSE WHO ARE TOO FRAIL TO BE LOOKED AFTER BY THEIR FAMILIES, THERE WILL BE A HOME WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE NURSING CARE AND SUPPORT, LORD WILSON SAID.
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FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, LORD WILSON NOTED THAT THEY COULD GET TOGETHER IN THE CENTRE TO PURSUE HOBBIES, SUCH AS COOKING OR DANCING, TO TAKE CLASSES ON CALLIGRAPHY OR PUTONGHUA, OR JUST TO HAVE A QUIET READ IN THE READING ROOM.
AND FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, THIS WOULD BE A DAY CENTRE AND A HOME WHERE THEY COULD LEARN TO BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE WELL-WISHERS FOR THEIR SUBSTANTIAL DONATIONS ΤΟ THE TUNG WAH GROUP, THE GOVERNOR SAID SPECIAL THANKS WERE DUE TO THE LATE MADAM TAI LUNG WING-YUEN FOR A MOST GENEROUS DONATION OF $5 MILLION TO MEET PART OF THE CAPITAL COSTS OF THE PROJECT.
"IN THE YEARS TO COME, ALL THOSE WHO USE THE CENTRE, BE THEY YOUNG OR OLD, WILL BE A CONTINUING VOTE OF THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO GENEROUSLY TO MAKE THIS VENTURE POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNOR
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