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SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1974.

COMMUNITY CENTRE ORGANIZES BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN

IN RESPONSE TO THE RED CROSS'S APPEAL FOR ELCOD DONATIONS, THE SOCIAL VOLFIRE DEPARTMENT'S PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN VAN HAS ORGANIZED A BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN DAY NEXT TUESDAY CAUGUST 20).

AND THE

ALSO CO-OPERATING IN THE PROJECT IS THE RED CROSS CENTRE'S SELF-PROCRANTING GROUP +ROUSE OF THE RISING SUN+,

THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TREE PHASES, AN EXHIBITION WHICH WILL LAST THE WHOLE DAY, A PUBLICITY LOVIE SHOU FROM 3 TO THESE VILL 5 P.M. AND THE COLLECTION OF ELOOD FRO1 4 70 9 P.. ALL TAKE PLACE AT THE HALL OF THE COIZIUNITY CENTRE IN TAI HO ROAD, TSUEN VAN.

THE WARDEN OF THE CENTRE, IRS. MARGARET AU, SAID THAT ABOUT 500 LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO ACENCIES, OFFICES, FACTORIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS IN TSUEN WAN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE RED CROSS BY DONATING BLOOD. SHE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST CAMPAIGN OF ITS KIND IN TSUEN WAN AND SINCERELY HOPED THE RESIDENTS WOULD RESPOND TO THIS MEANINGFUL SERVICE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 20.

SERVICE SCHEME FOR THE AGED

A GROUP OF 30 VOLUNTEERS ARE SPENDING THIS MONTH VISITING OLD PEOPLE LIVING IN SHEK LEI, KUAI CHUNG AND TAI WO HAU HOUSING ESTATES OFFERING THEIR SERVICES TO HELP THEN IN SUCH HATTERS AS BUYING FOOD, TRITING LETTERS, CLEANING THEIR. HOMES OR ESCORTING THEM TO CLINICS OR ON VISITS TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.

THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A CROUP CALLING THEMSELVES THE ENTHUSIASTS SOCIETY OF HONG KONG, WILL PROVIDE THESE SERVICES FOR PERIODS UP TO SIX MONTHS AT A TIME IF HEGOOD.

IN ALL THEY WILL BE VISITING SOME 300 ELDERLY PEOPLE AGED 60 AND ACOVE LIVING IN THE ESTATES, AND WILL BE WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SOCIAL KELFARE D'ARTIENT'S ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE IN SHEK LET.

BEFORE UNDERTAKING THE PROJECT THE VOLUNTEERS WERE BRIEFED ON HOW TO CONDUCT THEUSELVES AND ON THE TYPES OF EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE ACED.