WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1984
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RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES INCLUDE COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, THE GOVERNMENT'S HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY SCHEME, HOSTELS, OLD AGE HOMES, CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES AND TRANSIT ACCOMMODATION.
NEEDY AND ELIGIBLE OLD PEOPLE ARE OFFERED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND OLD AGE AND DISABILITY ALLOWANCES.
+MOST OF THESE SERVICES ARE LAUNCHED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC-SPIRITED ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, MR CHAMBERS SAID.
+AS SOCIETY DEVELOPS AND HEALTH SERVICES IMPROVE, PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY LEADING HEALTHIER AND LONGER LIVES,+ HE SAID.
ACCORDING TO THE 1981 CENSUS, THE NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEOPLE MAY INCREASE TO 680 000 BY 1987.
MR CHAMBERS PRAISED THE SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANISING THE PARTY AND FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES IT OFFERED TO ELDERLY PEOPLE.
FERRY TERMINAL AIR-CONDITIONING WORK STARTS ****
WORK HAS STARTED ON INSTALLING AIR-CONDITIONERS AT THE TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL FERRY TERMINAL NOW BEING BUILT AT SHA TIN.
FIFTEEN SPLIT-TYPE ROOM AIR-CONDITIONERS AND NINE EXHAUST FANS WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE SINGLE-STOREY TERMINAL BUILDING, BY LEUNG'S AIR-CONDITION ENGINEERING COMPANY, WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE $185 000 CONTRACT BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE WORK WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE $4.2 MILLION TERMINAL IS DUE TO BE READY BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
FERRY SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE HOLIDAY RESORTS OF DAI MEI SHA AND XIAO MEI SHA, SHENZHEN, WILL BE OPERATED FROM THE TERMINAL.
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