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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1987

THERE WAS ALSO A TALK ON THE EXPULSION OF STUDENTS AND FLOATING CLASSES BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SCHOOLS), MR S. W. WONG, AND ON THE PROVISION OF SPECJAL EDUCATION BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SERVICES), MR LUCAS CHAN,

THE MEETING ENDED WITH A QUESTION AND ANSWERS SESSION CHATRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y. T. LI.

WAN CHAI LAUNCHES

+ CARE FOR THE OLD' CAMPAIGN

A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES AIMED AT BRINGING JOY AND TO THE ELDERLY POPULATION IN WAN CHAI WAS LAUNCHED EVENING WITH THE OPENING OF THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT CARE CAMPAIGN AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM.

ENTERTAINMENT (MONDAY) THE OLD

THIS FOR

ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT'S CARE FOR THE OLD CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, THE ACTIVITIES WILL RUN UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY. THE PROGRAMME INCLUDES A CANTONESE OPERA NIGHT, A VISIT TO A HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, A CONCERT AND DIM SUM RECEPTION, AND A FEAST FOR THE ELDERLY.

MORE THAN 1,000 SENIOR RESIDENTS HAVE REGISTERED TO TAKE PART.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW, SAID THE CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN HELD ANNUALLY SINCE 1969, AND HAD FOSTERED A SENSE OF RESPECT FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE.

BUT

SPONSORSHIPS AND SUPPORT FROM LOCAL BODIES AND COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS HAD NOT ONLY REFLECTED THE DISTRICT'S SUPPORT, HELPED TO PROMOTE THE VIRTUE OF CARING FOR THE AGED, HE ADDED.

AFTER THE CEREMONY, THE AUDIENCE WAS TREATED ΤΟ A CANTONESE OPERA SHOW,

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CAMPAIGN, MR HSU CHUNG-CHI, AND FIRST VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR CHIU WAI-SHING.

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