FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1982
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YOUTH IS A FEELING NOT AN AGE
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ABOUT 300 ELDERLY PEOPLE AT TAI O ARE TO BENEFIT FROM A FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UP SERVICE OFFERED BY SEVERAL VOLUNTEER DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS UNDER A GERIATRIC HEALTH PROJECT BEGINNING ON SUNDAY (MAY 9).
JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE PENINSULA JAYCEES AND THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, THE PROJECT AIMS AT IMPRESSING UPON THE OLD PEOPLE THAT YOUTH IS A FEELING NOT AN AGE+.
FOUR DOCTORS AND TWO CHIROPRACTORS WHO ARE JAYCEE MEMBERS, AND SOME NURSES WILL CARRY OUT GENERAL MEDICAL SCREENING FOR THE OLD PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY AND FOLLOWING WEEKENDS.
ADVICE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE ELDERLY AFTER THE MEDICAL CHECK-UP WHICH WILL INCLUDE EYE, DENTAL, BLOOD PRESSURE AND SPINAL EXAMINATION.
A TEAM OF SEVEN REGISTERED NURSES HAD CONDUCTED A SURVEY LAST MONTH AT TAI O TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH CONDITION OF THE OLD PEOPLE THERE.
A GERIATRIC HEALTH EXHIBITION WILL ALSO BE HELD ON SUNDAY IN THE RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS,
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE GERIATRIC HEALTH PROJECT BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR RICKY FUNG, AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY (MAY 9) AT THE TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES MAY TAKE THE MARINE LAUNCH, CLEMENTI, WHICH WILL LEAVE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT PIER NEXT TO THE OUTLYING ISLAND FERRY PIER, ON CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, AT 9 AM FOR LANTAU.
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