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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1985

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PEOPLE TAKING THE TAXIS WILL BE ASKED TO PUT THEIR FARES, TIPS AND DONATIONS INTO A SPECIAL COLLECTION BOX.

THE +FREE CARRIAGE FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE, THE WAN CHAI YIN NGAI SOCIETY AND THE WAN CHAI PAK HOK GYMNASIUM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE YAU LUEN TAXI COMPANY AND THE HUNG DI LUEN TAXI COMPANY.

ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR THE +RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY CAMPAIGN+ INCLUDE FILM SHOWS, FREE GIFTS, A HEALTH DAY FOR THE ELDERLY AND A COMPETITION FOR THE HEALTHIEST AND OLDEST PERSONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE SAID THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO BRING WARMTH TO THE ELDERLY AND TO URGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHOW MORE RESPECT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

+THE ELDERLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN IN THE DISTRICT AS THERE ARE MORE THAN 32 000 ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60 IN WAN CHAI,+ HE SAID.

+THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT 13 PER CENT OF THE 229 000 RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH MEANS WAN CHAI HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST POPULATIONS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

THE CAMPAIGN IS EXPECTED TO BENEFIT MORE THAN 5 000 ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE VARIOUS EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CAMPAIGN CAN BE MADE ON 5-745910.

SUNDAY CARNIVAL AIMS AT CRIME

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SA! KUNG RESIDENTS WILL BE TREATED TO A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMMES AT A LOCAL FIGHT CRIME CARNIVAL ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 6).

THE CARNIVAL HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT SA! KUNG DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN. IT WILL START WITH A LION DANCE FROM MAN NIN STREET TO THE TANG SHIU KIN SPORTS GROUND.

OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A PARACHUTE SHOW BY THE BRITISH ARMY'S RED DEVIL PARACHUTE TEAM, A DONKEY-RIDE FOR CHILDREN, AN ANTI-CRIME-AND-NARCOTICS EXHIBITION, A TRICK CYCLING DEMONSTRATION, AND PERFORMANCES BY THE AUXILIARY POLICE BAND AND THE SAI KÚNG CHILDREN'S CHOIR.

THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN HO, A MEMBER OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, DR HO KAM FAI, THE POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER (WONG TAI SIN), MR F.S. KAVANAGH, AND THE COMMANDER HEADQUARTERS GURKHA FIELD FORCE BRIGADAIRE, MR PETER DUFFELL, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE CARNIVAL.

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