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SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1989

REVIEW REPORT ON SERVICES FOR ELDERLY COMPLETED

BY

THE

CENTRAL

ON

SERVICES

FOR THE SENIOR COMMITTEE WELFARE, MR ALFRED

THE REPORT

COMMITTEE

FOR SERVICES IN 1987 TO REVIEW ELDERLY, WHICH WAS SET UP CITIZENS, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY FOR DISCUSSION, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL CHUI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

CHUEN SOCIAL AT CHAI MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE VARIOUS SERVICES

FOR

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FONG SHU CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE AGED

CHUI WAN, MR

SAID THE COMMITTEE BETTER IMPROVING AND

CO-ORDINATING

ELDERLY.

HAD THE

THE ELDERLY AIMED TO AS THE PRESENT POLICY FOR

ENABLE THE VARIOUS SENIOR CITIZENS TO LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY,

DEVELOPED ΤΟ HELP RESIDENTS COMMUNITY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES HAD BEEN TAKE CARE OF THEIR ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS, HE SAID.

FOR THE

IS SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY. "ONE OF THESE SERVICES WHICH PROVIDE RECREATIONAL, GROUP AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ELDERLY, HE SAID.

"THERE ARE NOW 103 SOCIAL CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY IN HONG PLAN OF PROVIDING ONE AND BY THE MID-1990'S THE GOVERNMENT'S CENTRE FOR EVERY 30,000 POPULATION WILL BE REACHED.

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KONG SUCH

UP WITH HAS

THE FONG SHU CHUEN SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, SET

FOOK TONG FOUNDATION, THE FONG SHU A $200,000 DONATION FROM ATTRACTED AROUND 270 MEMBERS SINCE IT BEGAN OPERATION TWO MONTHS AGO.

MR CHUI COMMENDED

WELFARE SERVICES.

THE

FOUNDATION

FOR

ITS

CHARITY BAZAAR HELD AT GIRLS' HOME

*

CONTRIBUTIONS

ΤΟ

BY GIRLS AT THE ABOUT 1,200 COLOURFUL HANDICRAFT ITEMS MADE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME WERE PUT ON SALE AT A CHARITY BAZAAR HELD AT THE HOME TODAY (SATURDAY).

WITH THE 10TH CONNECTION IN ORGANISED THE BAZAAR WAS

WILL ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD, AND PROCEEDS

GIRLS AT THE BE USED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMMES UNDERTAKEN BY HOME.

MEMBERS OF THE

GIRLS' FAMILIES, ORGANISATIONS AND

SOME 250 GUESTS, INCLUDING MAGISTRATES AND JUDGES, WORKERS FROM OTHER WELFARE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT, ATTENDED THE BAZAAR.

/BOTH OFFICIATING