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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1986

+HOW MUCH BETTER THROUGH POSITIVE EFFORT TO PROMOTE YOUTH ACTIVITIES WE BUILD A STRONG COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE HEALTHY INTERESTS AND ACTIVITY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE,+ HE SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT A GREAT MANY ACTIVITIES WERE PLANNED BY THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG FOR THIS, AND THAT THESE CULMINATE IN AN INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE FOR 5 000 CAMPERS IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR.

HE WISHED THEM SUCCESS IN ALL THESE PROGRAMMES.

SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THE SUCCESS OF SCOUTING IN HONG KONG DEPENDED ALMOST ENTIRELY ON THE MANY SUPPORTERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE SO WILLING TO DEVOTE TIME, ENERGY AND RESOURCES TO SCOUTING.

HE SAID HE WAS SURE THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO OFFER THEIR SERVICE IN THE YEARS TO COME.

SIR DAVID CONGRATULATED THOSE WHO WERE GIVEN SCOUT AWARDS IN THE AFTERNOON BY THE CHIEF SCOUT, AND THOSE WHO WERE CONFERRED WITH

+THEIR SERVICE HONOURS BY THE QUEEN AND OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS. WILL BE AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS, HE SAID.

MORE DAY CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY

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THE NUMBER OF DAY CARE CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE EXISTING THREE TO A TOTAL OF 17 BY THE EARLY 1990'S, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTRE'S DAY CARE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN KWUN TONG, SHE SAID THAT DAY CARE CENTRES WOULD BE PROVIDED ON A DISTRICT BASIS, AND THAT IN PRINCIPLE EACH DISTRICT WOULD HAVE ONE CENTRE.

+ BUT IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS SUCH AS KWUN TONG, KOWLOON CITY, WONG TAI SIN, SHAM SHUI PO AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT ON HONG KONG ISLAND, TWO CENTRES WILL BE PROVIDED TO MEET DEMAND, + MRS CHAN SAID.

DAY CARE CENTRES PROVIDE PERSONAL DAY CARE TO ELDERLY PEOPLE IN POOR HEALTH OR WITH AMBULATORY PROBLEMS, AND THEY CAN RETURN TO THE IR FAMILIES IN THE EVENING,

SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE FEEDING, DRESSING, BASIC MEDICAL CARE, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. ESCORT SERVICE TO AND FROM HOME CAN BE PROVIDED IF REQUIRED.

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