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SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1988
GROWING IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO SERVICES FOR ELDERLY
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PEOPLE AND FAMILIES
INCREASING ATTENTION WELFARE. MR STEPHEN
SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN A BALANCED WAY IN PAST YEARS IN ORDER TO HELP ALL IN NEED BUT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY HAVE DRAWN IN RECENT YEARS, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL LAW, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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MR LAW POINTED OUT THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE 11 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, AND CARE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS STILL THE MAIN EMPHASIS IN PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
"IT IS CONSIDERED THE BEST APRANGEMENT FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS TO ENJOY THEIR OLD AGE IN THEIR HOMES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE METHODIST EPWORTH SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AT HING MAN ESTATE, CHAI WAN, MR LAW NOTED THAT SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE FORM OF HOME HELP. SOCIAL AND MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES, DAY CARE CENTRES AND VISITS BY VOLUNTEERS WERE THUS PROVIDED.
ON SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, HE SAID THE PLANNING RATIO WAS ONE CENTRE FOR EVERY 30,000 POPULATION AND THAT 120 SUCH CENTRES HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED THE PAST DECADE TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
"THE WARM RESPONSE TO THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE METHODIST EPWORTH SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY FULLY DEMONSTRATES THE DEMAND FOR THIS SERVICE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE CENTRES, HE SAID.
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MR LAW STRESSED THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE CENTRES SHOULD
NOT BE UNDER-ESTIMATED.
"AT THESE CENTRES, THE ELDERLY CAN ATTAIN SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, DEVELOP THEIR HOBBIES AND EVEN RENDER SERVICES FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
"IN THIS WAY THEY WILL FEEL THAT THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE THEIR FAMILIES CAN SHARE THEIR JOY AND CONTINUE TO TAKE UP THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOOKING AFTER THEM AT HOME, HE SAID.
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MR LAW COMMENDED THE METHODIST EPWORTH VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR DEVELOPING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1963, INCLUDING SERVICES FOR WORKERS, YOUTH AND THE ELDERLY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, COUNSELLING AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECTS.
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ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR HOUSING, MR FUNG TUNG.
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