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Tuesday, September 18, 1973

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING SERVICES TO ELDERLY APPEAR ACCEPTABLE

There are only two weeks to go before the deadline expires for

receiving comments on the recommendations contained in the report of the

Working Party on the Future Needs of the Elderly.

"From the response so far, it would appear that the recommendations

are generally acceptable because we have received only eight comments.

It could be people are satisfied so they feel it unnecessary to write in.

However, we would still like to hear from more people," said Mr. Bowen

Leung, Administrative Officer (Planning) of the Social Welfare Department.

He said the report had been published specifically to elicit the

views and comments of the community, and in particular those who were

concerned with services to the elderly, so that a final draft can be prepared

for presentation to the government.

"In anything of this nature, it is vital we know the community's

thinking so that their views can be taken into consideration in the overall

planning and implementation of the types of services recommended in the report.

"It is, after all, something very much involving the community at

all levels, so what they think is important to us," Mr. Leung said.

The report, prepared by a working party of both government and

non-government members, was published in July.

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