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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1988

TO SUPPLEMENT THE SEMINAR, A SLIDE SHOW AND A FILM ON FOOD HYGIENE PRINCIPLES WERE PRESENTED. AN OPEN DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HELD TO ENABLE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND PRINTED PUBLICITY MATERIALS INCLUDING POSTERS, LEAFLETS AND STICKERS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS.

DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD FROM JUNE TO THE END OF AUGUST, A 24 -HOUR HEALTH EDUCATION HOTLINE (5-8916443) SET UP BY THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH PROVIDES A TAPED CHINESE MESSAGE ON PRINCIPLES OF FOOD HYGIENE. SPECIFIC ENQUIRIES RAISED BY INDIVIDUAL CALLERS WILL BE RECORDED AND ANSWERED.

CARE IN COMMUNITY FOR THE ELDERLY

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CARE IN THE COMMUNITY IS THE MAJOR PREMISE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS BLIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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UNDER THIS, A SERIES OF SERVICES AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ARE PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE AGED OVER 60 TO ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE LIVING WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

SPEAKING AT A 'PARTY FOR A THOUSAND AGED' ORGANISED BY THE SHUN TAK FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION AT CITY HALL, MRS WONG SAID THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDED CASH ASSISTANCE, HEALTH ASSISTANCE IN DAILY LIVING AND SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT.

THESE CARE,

FINANCIALLY, SHE NOTED THAT APART FROM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE, ELDERLY PEOPLE AGED OVER 60 WHO HAD BEEN CERTIFIED BY DOCTORS TO BE SEVERELY DISABLED AND IN NEED OF CONSTANT ATTENDANCE COULD RECEIVE A HIGHER DISABILITY ALLOWANCE, WHICH WAS TWICK THE AMOUNT OF THE NORMAL DISABILITY ALLOWANCE, SINCE APRIL.

IN DAILY LIVING, SHE SAID THAT BOTH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, IN PROMOTING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, ENCOURAGED FAMILIES TO MAINTAIN HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ELDERLY MEMBERS.

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AS MORE CONTACTS AMONG PEERS AND THE CULTIVATION WOULD ENRICH THE ELDERLY PEOPLE'S LIVES, MRS WONG POINTED OUT THAT SOCIAL CENTRES WERE PROVIDED FOR THESE PURPOSES.

"EIGHT SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WERE SET UP LAST YEAR AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT ANOTHER 14 NEW CENTRES WILL COME INTO SERVICE THIS YEAR, MAKING A TOTAL OF 100 CENTRES BEFORE THE END OF THE

YEAR,"

SHE SAID.

"IN ADDITION,