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DAY OF FUN FOR 500 ELDERLY PEOPLE

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ABOUT 500 ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING PART IN A DAY OF FUN AND GAMES AT THE HAPPY VALLEY RACE COURSE TOMORROW (SUNDAY).

THE EVENT IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE (WAN CHAI OFFICE) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT AND THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303.

TROPHIES AND OTHER PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO WINNERS IN TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.

+THIS IS ONE OF THE MONTHLY ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE BY THE RSS,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

+WE PLAN TO ORGANISE MORE ACTIVITIES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE OF WAN CHAI BECAUSE THEY FORM A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S POPULATION.+

LAST MONTH, ABOUT 400 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WERE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING VISITS TO TWO MONASTERIES.

SURVEY ON SQUATTER FAMILIES ***

A MONTH-LONG SURVEY ON THE MEDICAL CARE AND FAMILY PLANNING ASPECTS OF SQUATTERS WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN ON LOK VILLAGE, KWUN TONG, STARTING MONDAY (APRIL 18).

THE SURVEY WILL BE JOINTLY CONDUCTED BY STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT AND THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION, WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS.

+THE INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL SERVE AS USEFUL REFERENCE FOR THE PARTIES CONCERNED IN PLANNING FUTURE IMPROVEMENT AND RENDERING POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO THE SQUATTERS, A DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 450 FAMILIES WITH ABOUT 2 000 PEOPLE LIVING IN ON LOK VILLAGE.

THE EXERCISE IS BASICALLY A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY, TO OBTAIN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE DAILY LIVES OF THE SQUATTERS.

+ INTERVIEWERS WILL CARRY SPECIAL IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE WHEN THEY CALL ON EACH HOUSEHOLD, AND VILLAGERS ARE URGED TO CO-OPERATE, HE ADDED.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE DISTRICT OFFICE AT 3-416315 EXTENSION 391.

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