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"In October 1994, the Executive Council endorsed the Report of the Working Group on Care for the Elderly.
"The Government's goal is to improve the quality of life of old people so that they can enjoy a comfortable and dignified old age.
"A comprehensive approach will be adopted in the development of services for elderly people," he said.
Mr Strachan said the memorial home opened today marked a further step in Po Leung Kuk's expansion of residential services for the elderly.
"This new Home, being located in Lam Tin Estate, has been in operation since October 1994, providing 102 meal places and 44 care-and-attention places," Mr Strachan added.
End/Tuesday, March 21, 1995
Royal Observatory's public weather services popular
Members of the public can learn more about the work of the Royal Observatory at its "open day" from Thursday (March 23) amidst growing popularity of weather information.
In celebration of the annual World Meteorological Day, the "open day" will feature an exhibition on the theme "Public Weather Services", the Director of the Royal Observatory, Mr Patrick Sham, said today (Tuesday).
The Royal Observatory headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui will be open to the public from 2 pm to 5 pm on Thursday after an opening ceremony in the morning and from 9.30 am to 5 pm on the next two days (Friday and Saturday).
Regarding the operations and services of the Royal Observatory, Mr Sham said at today's media session that the dial-a-weather system had been extremely popular
last year.
The number of calls to the system soared to 13 million last year, about 36,000 a day, and reaching 110,000 during a day of bad weather.