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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1988
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MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY FOR 105-YEAR-OLD LADY
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(SUNDAY) FOR THE
AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF LONELY LIFE, MADAM CHAN SAI-HUI, ONE OF THE OLDEST RESIDENTS IN KWAI TS ING DISTRICT, TODAY CELEBRATED HER 105TH BIRTHDAY AT THE KWAI SHING CARE SHELTER ELDERLY.
MADAM
BORN IN MA WAN AND MARRIED TO A FISHERMAN ON THE ISLAND, CHAN LIVED IN A FISHING BOAT AND SPENT HER EARLIER YEARS CATCHING FISH.
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AFTER THE DEATHS OF HER HUSBAND AND SON, SHE STOPPED FISHING AND MOVED TO LIVE IN A SQUATTER HUT NEAR MA WAN TYPHOON SHELTER.
MOST OF ALTHOUGH MADAM CHAN HAD TO BE IN A SQUATTING POSITION THE TIME AND HAD TO WALK WITH HER HANDS AS A RESULT OF HER LONG STAY ALONE IN A FISHING BOAT, SHE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF WHILE LIVING IN THE SQUATTER HUT.
A VISIT OF
A HER LIFE WAS CHANGED
YEAR AGO AFTER KWAI TSING DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BRIAN COAK, DISCOVERED HER CONDITIONS DURING THE TSING YI AREA COMMITTEE TO MA WAN.
THE MR COAK HOPED TO FIND A PLACE FOR HER IN A CARE SHELTER IN
THE HELPING HAND'S DISTRICT, AND MADAM CHAN WAS FINALLY ADMITTED TO KWAI SHING CARE SHELTER FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE END OF 1986.
THAN
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MADAM CHAN HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE CARE SHELTER FOR MORE
OF ACCORDING TO THE NURSES YEAR AND IS HEALTHY AND INDEPENDENT.
THE HER IS HOW то CARE SHELTER, THE MAJOR DIFFICULTY IN TAKING CARE OF IMPROVE HER MOBILITY.
THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE KWAI CHUNG TECHNICAL
MAKE INSTITUTE HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO
A SPECIALLY-DESIGNED CHAIR FOR
HER MADAM CHAN TO RELEASE
FROM SITTING
TIME MOST OF THE
ON A WHEELCHAIR AND TO FACILITATE HER TO SIT AND STAND UP ON HER OWN.
DISTRICT BOARD ON KNOWING THE STORY OF MADAM CHAN, KWAI TSING HELPED MEMBER, MR LAM YAU-KWONG,
ORGANISE TODAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
DIRECTOR MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT'S YIN NGAI SOCIETY AND THE EXECUTIVE OF THE HELPING HAND, DR KALEI INN, ALSO TOOK PART IN THE CELEBRATION.
MADAM CHAN SAID HER 105TH BIRTHDAY ALL THOSE PRESENT WISHED HER HAPPINESS.
WAS
REALLY
MEMORABLE
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