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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1988

MORE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY NEEDED

SOCIAL

WELFARE, MRS

TODAY ELDERLY

THE DIRECTOR OF

ELIZABETH WONG, (SUNDAY) SAID THAT MORE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ARRANGED FOR THE 30 AS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF SERVICES FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS.

THE

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A CARNIVAL FOR

SURGERY ORTHOPAEDIC ELDERLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF

DISTRICT UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WITH THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD AT THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL.

COMPREHENSIVE

THE AIM IN THE COMMUNITY

OF

GOVERNMENT STARTED A THE MRS WONG NOTED THAT REVIEW OF WELFARE FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE EARLY 70'S WITH ENCOURAGING THE SENIOR CITIZENS TO CONTINUE LIVING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES.

PROVIDING SUPPORT, DIFFERENT NERDS

THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WERE CURRENTLY HOUSING, COMMUNITY FINANCIAL

HEALTH CARE, ASSISTANCE, RECREATIONAL AND TRANSPORT SERVICES TO COPE WITH THE OF THE ELDERLY, SHE SAID.

"AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 114

SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, 46 HOME HELP TEAMS, FOUR SHELTERED HOUSING HOME CARE-AND-ATTENTION 1,570

12 MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, DAY CARE CENTRES, 1,486 ELDERLY HOSTEL PLACES, 595

AND PLACES, 5,492 AGED

PLACES HOME

Fr

PLACES FOR THE ELDERLY, SHE SAID.

AND

"THESE SERVICES WILL BE DEVELOPED THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BY WHICH TIME THE DEMAND MET.

EXPANDED GRADUALLY IN WILL ALMOST BE FULLY

A COMMITTEE ON ELDERLY "MOREOVER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET UP

A NUMBER SERVICES IN JULY LAST YEAR, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM

ΤΟ AGENCIES

REVIEW AND AND VOLUNTARY OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

SENIOR CITIZENS

DEVELOP SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY 80 AS TO ENABLE OUR TO ENJOY A HAPPIER OLD AGE WITH BETTER SERVICES," SHE SAID.

NOTED THAT THE CARNIVAL,

WHICH COMPRISED

HELP TO

TALKS

BY

ENHANCE PUBLIC'S

SHE

WOULD VARIOUS THEMES, PROFESSIONALS ON AWARENESS OF HEALTH AND CARE FOR THE ELDERLY,

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