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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1982

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SIR PHILIP SEES COMMUNITY WORK

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SPENT MOST OF THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING THREE COMMUNITY CENTRES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.

HE FIRST CALLED AT TAI WOR HAU ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TSUEN WAN, WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON COMMUNITY AND WELFARE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE BY BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES UNDER THE SAME ROOF.

SIR PHILIP WAS THEN TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WHICH RUN A CENTRE FOR MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE, A DAY NURSERY, A RECREATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, AND A LIBRARY AND STUDY ROOM.

FROM THERE, SIR PHILIP PROCEEDED TO THE NEWLY-OPENED LAI KOK COMMUNITY HALL IN CHEUNG SHA WAN, AND HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SWD STAFF AND LOCAL LEADERS IN CONFERENCE TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SERVICES,

SIR PHILIP ALSO WATCHED 150 ELDERLY PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL IN THE HALL.

HIS LAST STOP WAS TAI HANG TUNG COMMUNITY CENTRE, LOCATED IN ONE OF THE OLDEST PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES IN HONG KONG.

AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON THE CENTRE BY THE WARDEN, SIR PHILIP WAS SHOWN VARIOUS OF ITS SERVICES AND FACILITIES, INCLUDING ROOMS FOR THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG GIRLS, AN ACTIVITIES CENTRE FOR

MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS, A LIBRARY, AND RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS GROUNDS.

THROUGHOUT THE VISIT SIR PHILIP WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE.

HEART DISEASE IS MAJOR KILLER

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MORE PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED OF HEART DISEASES THAN THE MUCH DREADED DISEASE OF CANCER, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

LAST YEAR ALONE, THERE WERE MORE THAN 7 000 DEATHS FROM DISEASES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, SUCH AS ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE AND STROKE, HE SAID,

THIS REPRESENTED 28.3 PER CENT OF ALL DEATHS IN HONG KONG, EXCEEDING THE DEATH TOLL TAKEN BY CANCER, HE ADDED.

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