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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1987

CEREMONY OF THE

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

CAMPAIGN, REGIONAL SECRETARY (HONG KONG AND KOWLOON), MR T. H. CHAU, NOTED THAT PEOPLE OVER 60 CONSTITUTED 15 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION IN WAN CHAI AND EASTERN DISTRICT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THEIR ACTUAL NUMBER TOTALLED MORE THAN 90,000 IN THE TWO DISTRICTS COMBINED. THE PERCENTAGE OF OLD PEOPLE IN WAN CHAI IS

ALSO THE HIGHEST OF ALL DISTRICTS IN HONG KONG.

HE BELIEVED THAT THE EYE CARE CAMPAIGN, WHICH AIMED AT PROVIDING USEFUL SERVICE TO SENIOR RESIDENTS IN THE TWO DISTRICTS, WOULD BE WELL-RECEIVED.

MR CHAU ALSO PRAISED THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS FOR JOINTLY ORGANISING EYE CARE CAMPAIGNS FOR THE ELDERLY WITH A NUMBER OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND INTRODUCING VARIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN COMMUNITY BUILDING WORK.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TUNG WATE GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MRS THERESA LAU, TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THIS WAS THE SEVENTH EYE CARE CAMPAIGN JOINTLY STAGED BY THE GROUP WITH DISTRICT BOARDS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

THE GROUP ALSO HAD PLANS TO EXPAND ITS INSTITUTIONAL CARE PROGRAMME, AND TO SET UP SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY IN SAU MAU PING AND IN MEI LAM ESTATE IN SHA TIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SHE ADDED.

TAKE

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE CAMPAIGN, MISS ANNA TANG, SAID THAT THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD'S CONCERN FOR THE AGED WORKING GROUP PART IN THE FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND WOULD ARRANGE TOURS TO THE MAI PO MARSHES FOR THE AGED.

KONG

ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR ΤΟ

ANOTHER CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOON-MAN, BELIEVED THAT THE EYE CARE CAMPAIGN WOULD BE POPULAR AND WOULD ATTRACT PARTICIPATION FROM PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL STRATA.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER MR ALLAN CHOW; EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER MR GARY YEUNG; WAN CHAI DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN MRS PEGGY LAM,

EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN MR SHUM CHOI-SANG.

FREE EYE CHECK-UP SERVICES AND EYE CARE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN ST JAMES SETTLEMENT IN WAN CHAI FROM TODAY TO NOVEMBER 9. THE CAMPAIGN WILL THEN BE HELD IN OTHER VENUES IN THE DISTRICT UNTIL NOVEMBER 16 AND IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT FROM NOVEMBER 17-27.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE то THE WAN CHAT DISTRICT 5-752477 OR TO EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE ON 5-641547.

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