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SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1989

ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 3-7295334. WINNERS WILL BE INFORMED BY MAIL OF HOW TO COLLECT THEIR PRIZES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED ΤΟ COVER THE PROGRAMME, LASTING FROM 2 PM TO 4.30 PM, ON TUESDAY (MAY 30) IN THE SHEK KIP MBI COMMUNITY HALL, BLOCK 42, SHEK KIP MEI ESTATE.

MORE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR ELDERLY IN KWAI TSING

TWO MORE SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY WILL BE OPENED IN KWAI TSING DISTRICT IN THE COMING MONTHS TO AUGMENT THE SERVICES OF THE EXISTING 14 CENTRES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR ALFRED CHUI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY OF THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHUI SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN AN ACTIVE POLICY ON THE ELDERLY STARTING FROM THE 1970'S.

FOOK ON TONG SOCIAL CHURCH OF CHINA, MR ROLE IN DRAWING UP

WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER "SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1980'S" IN 1979. WHICH ESTABLISHED "CARE IN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY" AS THE FUTURE POLICY OBJECTIVE, THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADOPTED A SERIES OF MEASURES TO SERVE THE SENIOR CITIZENS.

"ECONOMICALLY, THERE IS THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE FOR PEOPLE AGED 70 AND ABOVE AND THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS ALLOWANCE IS BEING EXTENDED SO THAT IT WILL BENEFIT THOSE AGED 65 AND ABOVE IN TWO YEARS' TIME, " MR CHUI SAID.

"ALSO, THE GOVERNMENT IS VIGOROUSLY EXPANDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES BY ENCOURAGING AND SUBVENTING VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN SETTING UP SOCIAL CENTRES, MULTI-SERVICES CENTRES AND DAY CARE C'ENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND HOME HELP SERVICE.

"WHILE SHELTERED HOUSING SCHEMES HAVE BEEN SET UP IN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS. UNITS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ARE ALSO RESERVED FOR THE ELDERLY SO THAT THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR OLD AGE IN A FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

MR CHUI COMMENDED THE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES SUCH AS CHILDREN'S HOMES, YOUTH CENTRES, SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE READING ROOMS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1888,

CHINA FOR HOSPITALS,

ELDERLY AND

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