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SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1981

FUN FAIR AND DINNER PARTY FOR TSING YI PEOPLE

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INHABITANTS OF TSING YI ISLAND BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, WERE TODAY (SUNDAY) TREATED TO A FUN FAIR AND DINNER PARTY.

THE EVENT IS ORGANISED YEARLY BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, SCHOOLS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND DISTRICT OFFICES TO SHOW RESPECT FOR THE OLD AND CARE FOR THE YOUNG+.

THE FUN FAIR WAS HELD AT TSING YI SPORTS ASSOCIATION PLAYGROUND AND ATTRACTED MORE THAN 5 000 OF THE ISLAND'S YOUNGER RESIDENTS.

THE PROGRAMME INCLUDED MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY O PUI SHAN BOYS' HOME BAND AND A MAGIC AND ACROBATICS SHOW BY THE MOBILE STREET THEATRE UNIT OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES.

TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER, DR JAMES HAYES, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUN FAIR AND PARTY ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN TIN-SOONG, AND OTHER LOCAL DIGNITARIES WERE PRESENT.

MORE THAN 400 OLD PEOPLE ATTEND THE DINNER PARTY, INCLUDING A 94-YEAR OLD WOMAN AND A 91-YEAR OLD MAN WHO WERE EACH GIVEN A GOLD MEDAL.

CARNIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY

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SOME 1 000 OLD PEOPLE TODAY (SUNDAY) RECEIVED A RED PACKET OF $30 EACH AND ENJOYED THEMSELVES IN A CARNIVAL OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE.

MR ALLEYNE CUT THE RIBBONS AT A CEREMONY TO START OFF THE +PARTY FOR A THOUSAND AGED+ ORGANISED BY THE SHUN TAK FRATERNITY ASSOCIATION AT THE SEAWARD WOO COLLEGE IN HO MAN TIN.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ASSOCIATION'S VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR YUNG YAU, THE DIRECTOR SAW RED PACKETS AND GIFT PARCELS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THE SMILING OLD PEOPLE.

THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS ASSISTED IN ARRANGING ELDERLY PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE PARTY WHICH AIMED AT PROMOTING CARE AND RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY.

ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR ALLEYNE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS EFFORTS IN WELFARE WORK IN THE PAST 31 YEARS.

HE NOTED THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WERE HELPING OUT IN THE PARTY. +THIS SHOWS THAT THE CONCEPT OF FILIAL PIETY IS STILL ALIVE, HE SAID.