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WIRESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1984

ON THE ELDERLY POPULATION, MR CHAMBERS NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVER 60 INCREASED BY 73 PER CENT BETWEEN 1971 AND 1981.

THE 1981 CENSUS REPORTED THAT THERE WERE 507 000 ELDERLY

IT PEOPLE, REPRESENTING 10.2 PER CENT OF THE OVERALL POPULATION. WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE PROPORTION WOULD REACH 11.7 PER CENT BY MID-1987 AND 12,8 PER CENT BY 1992.

HE BELIEVED THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD INEVITABLY CAUSE PROBLEMS, BUT SAID THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS A DISASTER+.

ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO WERE IN A REASONABLE STATE OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, MR CHAMBERS SAID, COULD CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS.

→THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED OVER A LIFETIME CAN SURELY BE PUT TO GOOD USE,+ HE SAID.

RETIRED PEOPLE, ON THE OTHER HAND, COULD USE THE IR FREE TIME TO HELP FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS, TO RELIEVE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION BY PROVIDING MUTUAL COMPANIONSHIP AND SUPPORT.

MR CHAMBERS PRAISED ST JAMES SETTLEMENT FOR ITS INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY.

+I KNOW THAT WE CAN COUNT ON YOUR CONTINUED HELP IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.

LUCKY NUMBERS DRAWN FOR 4 272 RICHLAND GARDENS FLATS

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A BALLOT WAS HELD TODAY TO DECIDE THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FOR THE 4 272 FLATS AT RICHLAND GARDENS TO BE SOLD UNDER PHASE VIB OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME.

FOR THE 365 GREEN FORM APPLICANTS FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S MARK 1/11 ESTATE TENANTS WHO WERE ALL SUCCESSFUL, THE ORDER OF THE NUMBERS DRAWN WERE 6, 5, 8, 9, 3, 0, 7, 2, 4 AND 1, REPRESENTING THE LAST DIGIT OF THEIR REGISTRATION NUMBERS. THE SUCCESSFUL NUMBERS DREWN FOR THE OTHER 3 448 GREEN FORM APPLICANTS FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOUSING SOCIETY ESTATE TENANTS, ALSO REPRESENTING

LAST DIGIT, WERE 6, 5, 8, 9 AND 3.

AS FOR THE 16 299 WHITE FORM PRIVATE SECTOR APPLICANTS, THEIR NICKY NUMBERS REPRESENTING THE LAST TWO DIGITS WERE 31, 77, 09, 42, 23, 28, 99, 56, 07, 27, 84, 14 AND 37.

/IN ADDITION,