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SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1982

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RECALLING THE EXPERIENCE, MAN-HOK SAID OUR GROUP SPLIT UP AFTER PUTTING UP A PERFORMANCE FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND AS SCHEDULED, WE ALL CHATTED TO THE AUDIENCE AND MY 'PARTNER' IS A 76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN.

+AFTER TALKING TO THE LADY I CAME TO REALISE HOW APATHETIC IT WAS FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE HIS OR HER PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS ALONE IN AN ELDERLY'S HOME.

THE LADY WHOM I TALKED TO JUST COULDN'T HOLD BACK HER TEARS AS SHE TOLD ME HOW LONELY SHE WAS IN THE HOSTEL AND HOW MUCH SHE LONGED FOR HER SONS AND GRANDCHILDREN TO VISIT HER ON A HOLIDAY.

+AND IT WAS AFTER THIS VISIT THAT I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WILL NEVER ILL-TREAT AN ELDERLY AND THAT I WILL HELP SOMEONE WHENEVER HE NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE, MAN-HOK SAID.

OTHER OUTINGS ORGANISED BY THE CYC HAD GIVEN SIMILAR INSPIRATION TO MAN-HOK.

LAST YEAR, HIS GROUP WAS REQUESTED TO PLANT SOME TREES IN A SCENIC SPOT IN THE SILVER JUBILEE COUNTRY PARK AND ALSO TO CLEAN UP THE AREA.

MAN-HOK RECALLED: +TUCKED IN THE MIDST OF A BEAUTIFUL FOREST AND VERY CLOSE TO THE RESERVOIR, THE SPOT WAS A PERFECT PLACE FOR A FAMILY OUTING. SO IT WAS REALLY A SHAME TO SEE THAT THE AREA WAS SO BADLY LITTERED.

+ IT TOOK THE 10 OF US A FULL THREE HOURS TO CLEAN UP THE AREAS BEFORE WE COULD FINALLY SIT DOWN TO ENJOY THE SCENERY.+

MAN-HOK ADDED THAT AFTER THIS PAINSTAKING EXPERIENCE, HE WOULD NEVER LITTER THE COUNTRY PARK OR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY AND WOULD ADVISE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME.

AS A RECOGNITION TO MAN-HOK'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE WHILE SERVING WITH THE CYC, DURING WHICH HE HAD TAKEN PART IN A TOTAL OF 32 SERVE-THE-CITY ACTIVITIES, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ARRANGED AN EIGHT-DAY TRIP TO AUSTRALIA FOR HIM AND OTHER SEVEN OUTSTANDING CYC MEMBERS LATER THIS WEEK.

THE TRIP IS SPONSORED BY THE JOCKEY CLUB (CHARITIES) LTD AND IS AIMED AT BROADENING THE GENERAL OUTLOOK OF CYC MEMBERS. DURING THE IR STAY BETWEEN AUGUST 6 AND 13 IN THE COUNTRY, THEY WILL VISIT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND SOME FAMOUS HISTORICAL SPOTS.

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