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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1975
N.T. TOUR FOR OLD PEOPLE
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A GROUP OF 100 ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM SAU MAU PING AREA WILL BE TAKEN ON A DAY'S OUTING TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 23).
THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE OLD PEOPLE'S CLUB AT THE SAU MAU PING CENTRAL ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING AND THE TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TO TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG, CASTLE PEAK, TAI PO AND SHA TIN HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR THEM BY THE ESTATE'S YOUTH SERVICE GROUP.
STARTING AT 10 A.M. THEY WILL BE TAKEN TO THE USUAL PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THEY WILL MAKE A STOP AT CHING CHUNG KOON, THE MONASTERY AT CASTLE PEAK WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL GARDENS AND MINIATURE TREES, WHERE THEY WILL ALSO HAVE LUNCH.
TEN MEMBERS OF THE SERVICE GROUP WILL ACCOMPANY THE OLD PEOPLE AS GUIDES AND TO HELP SERVE THEM.
THE COST FOR THIS OUTING, ABOUT $1,200, WAS RAISED THROUGH A FUND-RAISING MOVIE AND TWO YOUTH BALLS HELD OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
THE OLD PEOPLE'S CLUB WAS FORMED IN JUNE 1974 AND HAS 120 MEMBERS OVER THE AGE OF 60, MOST OF THEM WOMEN. THEY MEET EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE HALL OF THE ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING WHERE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CANTONESE MUSIC AND SONGS, TALKS AND MOVIE SHOWS ARE ARRANGED FOR THEM BY STAFF OF THE ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE AND VOLUNTEERS.
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