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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1987
OTHER GUESTS WILL INCLUDE DISTRICT OFFICER MR ROGER GARCIA DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MRS PEGGY LAM CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR HO FOOK-CHU ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS CARMEN CHIU AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AREA COMMITTEES.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF THE WAN CHAI CLEAN FOR CHARITY CAMPAIGN TO BE HELD AT 11 AM ON SUNDAY AT THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE AT THE JUNCTION OF O'BRIEN ROAD AND HENNESSY ROAD.
ELDERLY TO RECEIVE LUNAR NEW YEAR GIFTS *****
ABOUT 450 VOLUNTEERS FROM SCHOOLS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WILL PAY HOME VISĪTS AND DISTRIBUTE NEW YEAR GIFTS ON SUNDAY (JANUARY 25) TO ABOUT 700 ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT.
THEY WILL VISIT SENIOR CITIZENS, AGED 70 OR OVER, NOMINATED BY 13 KAI FONG ASSOCIATIONS, HOMES FOR THE AGED AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT.
EACH SENIOR CITIZEN WILL EACH RECEIVE A PACKET CONTAINING FOOD AND A SCARF, WHILE THE TWO OLDEST WOMEN, AGED 91 AND 96, WILL RECEIVE +LAÍ SEE+ PACKETS OF $200.
VOLUNTEERS WILL ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT A SURVEY OF THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF THE ELDERLY. THE FINDINGS WILL BE USEFUL IN PLANNING FUTURE ACTIVITIES.
THE VISITS ARE INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARE FOR THE ELDERLY AND TO BRING THEM WARMTH, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO LACK CARE AND CONCERN FROM OTHERS.
/THE VISITS
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