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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1985

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPRESSEN HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CO-OPERATION AND EFFORTS MADE BY ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY.

+ THE DATA COLLECTED FROM CO-OPERATING HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOW BEING PROCESSED AND ANALYSED. ALL DATA WILL BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND USED SOLELY FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, HE SAID.

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, ON WHICH A NEW SERIES OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES WILL BE COMPILED, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN MID-1986.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE HAD BEEN LEFT WITH EACH HOUSEHOLD THAT TOOK PART IN THE SURVEY BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER, SEEKING FURTHER INFORMATION ON EXPENDITURE ON SELECTED INFRÉQUENTLY-PURCHASED COMMODITIES AND SERVICES.

HE HOPED THAT THESE HOUSEHOLDS WOULD CONTINUE WITH THEIR SUPPORT BY COMPLETING AND RETURNING THE QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE DEPARTMENT BY OCTOBER 10.

VISIT TO FANLING HOME FOR THE ELDERLY

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THE USUALLY QUIET PO CHING HOME FOR AGED WOMEN WAS A HUB OF ACTIVITY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING WHEN MORE THAN 80 OLD PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE NORTH DISTRICT VISITED THE INSTITUTION IN FANLING.

THE VISIT, SPONSORED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, WAS PART OF THIS YEAR'S ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR ELDERLY ACTIVITIES.

VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR WONG TING SAID: THIS VISIT IS TO BRING TOGETHER SENIOR CITIZENS SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER.

+FOR THE VISITORS, THEY CAN SEE FACILITIES AND THE LIFE IN A HOME FOR THE ELDERLIÉS, SO THEY CAN PREPARE THEMSELVES WHEN THEY MOVE INTO SUCH AN INSTITUTION, HE SAID,

DURING THE VISIT, SOME OF THE AGED WERE PRESENTED WITH PORTABLE ALARMS WHICH THEY COULD USE IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY.

THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO PLANNING SIMILAR TOURS TO SHA TAU KOK AND TA KWU LING NEXT MONTH.

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