XN000022-1977-12-08 — Page 11

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1977

10

TURNING TO THE GREEN PAPER ON SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, MR. LEE SAID THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THESE PROPOSALS WAS TO PROMOTE OLD PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING BY PROVIDING SERVICES THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO REMA IN AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST FAMILIES TO CONTINUE LOOKING AFTER THE IR ELDERS AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THOSE WHO NEED INSTITUTIONAL CARE.

+SUCCESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAMME WHICH AFFECTS THE WELFARE OF NINE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WILL DEPEND VERY MUCH ON, AS IN THE CASE OF OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMMES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

+ IN THE BROADEST TERMS, MOST SERVICES PROPOSED WILL ACT AS SUPPORT OR REINFORCEMENT FOR FAMILY UNITS FACED WITH BOTH FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL STRAINS OF LOOK ING AFTER ELDERLY MEMBERS, HE ADDED.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

SHA TO VISIT PO LEUNG KUK'S NO. 1 COLLEGE *****

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. F.K, LI, WILL VISIT THE PO LEUNG KUK'S NO. 1 COLLEGE TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE COLLEGE, SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT, OPERATES 28 CLASSES FROM FORM ONE TO UPPER FORM SIX AND HAS OVER 1,000 STUDENTS.

DURING HIS VISIT, MR. LI WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR. CHENG ENG-KUAN, CHAIRMAN OF PO LEUNG KUK AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE KUK'S BOARD.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE VISIT WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT 2.45 P.M. AT THE COLLEGE, PC KONG VILLAGE ROAD, TSZ WAN SHAN, KOWLOON.

0

/11