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Tuesday, July 11, 1972
NEW TERRITORIES TOUR FOR 200 ELDERLY
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The Wong Tai Sin District Committee on Welfare Services for the
Aged is organising a tour around the New Territories for 200 elderly
people on Saturday (July 15).
The day-long tour is aimed at promoting a sense of community
care and to stimulate interest in voluntary services for the elderly,
as well as providing an entertainment outlet for the aged.
The 200 elderly people will be given a vegetarian lunch at the
Ching Chung Koon temple in Castle Peak before visiting Yuen Long, Kam
Tin, Plover Cove and the Chinese University. A group of 50 volunteers
and helpers will look after the party.
The elderly people will come from the 25 member agencies of
the Wong Tai Sin District Committee on Welfare Services for the Aged,
the Ho Man Tin Kaifong Welfare Association and the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement
Estate.
Most of the volunteers and helpers are members of the Women's Club
and Old People Service Team of Wong Tai Sin Community Centre, Social
Service Society and the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate.
The group will arrive at Ching Chung Koon at about 11 a.", and
will be taken on the tour at 2.30 p.m.
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