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Monday, May 15, 1972

NEW LOOK AT NEEDS OF ELDERLY

Working Party Seeks Views On What Services Should Be Provided

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The Government has decided to examine in depth the future needs

of the elderly, and has appointed a working party of officials and unofficials

to do this.

The working party is chaired by Mr. T.8. Heppell, Social Welfare

Department, and comprises Mr. G.N. Mulloy, Secretariat for Home Affairs;

Mr. A.P. Richardson, Urban Services Department; Dr. S.H. Lee, Medical and

Health Department; Mr. B.V. Williams, Census and Statistics Department;

the Rev. Paul Webb, Hong Kong Council of Social Service; the Rev. Sister

Collette, Little Sisters of the Poor; Miss Joan Gray, the Nethersole

Hospital; Mrs. Lee Wai-ngan, St. James Settlement; and Mrs. L.F. Goodstadt

(Secretary), Social Welfare Department.

Other Government Departmenta with an interest in the elderly will

also be involved as necessary.

The working party's terms of reference are to identify the needs

of the elderly, assess their future demands on social services, and recommend

how these demands should be met, taking into account other competitive claims

on Government and voluntary resources.

It has already started work, and will aim, not at preparing lengthy

reports but at producing practical suggestions which can be incorporated,

as appropriate, into departmental plans for early implementation.

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