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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1989

MORE SOCIAL CENTRES PLANNED FOR THE ELDERLY * * * * *

THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD 55 MORE SOCIAL

THE TOTAL BRING ELDERLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO

SECRETARY CENTRES TO 160 TO SATISFY THE DEMAND, THE WELFARE, MR T.I. CHAU, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

CENTRES FOR THE NUMBER OF SUCH FOR HEALTH AND

HOSTEL

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TSUI LAM

HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR AND SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY RUN BY THE THE AGED AT TSEUNG KWAN 0.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND ELDERLY OVER THE PAST

MR CHAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROVIDED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE DECADE.

ELDERLY OPENED TODAY IS

"THE TSUI LAM SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES OFFERED.

A WITH

FOR PLACE THEM MAKE THE ACQUAINTED WITH THEY CAN

"NOT ONLY DOES IT

ELDERLY THE PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, BUT IT ALSO HELPS BEST USE OF THEIR LEISURE, WIDEN THEIR HORIZONS, GET THEIR COMMUNITY, AND ADAPT BETTER TO SOCIAL CHANGES SO THAT SPEND THEIR LATER YEARS IN FULLNESS AND HAPPINESS.

MR CHAU POINTED OUT THAT TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY, KINDS OF RESIDENTIAL THE GOVERNMENT HAD ESTABLISHED DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATION, SUCH AS HOSTELS, SHELTERED HOUSING, HOMES FOR THE

ACCOMMODATE AS WELL AS

ATTENTION HOME, ACCORDING TO THEIR PHYSICAL CONDITION.

AND CARE

TO

"THE TSUI LAM HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY OPENED TODAY

H HE SAID. FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY BETTER HEALTH,

AGED

OLD PEOPLE

IS

DESIGNED

MR CHAU SAID THE NUMBER OF PLACES IN HOSTELS AND HOMES AGED WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE FROM THE PRESENT 8,107 TO THE COMING FIVE YEARS.

FOR THE

13,166 IN

"PLACES IN CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES WILL ALSO INCREASE FROM THE PRESENT 1,860 TO 6,893, HE SAID.

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MR CHAU ALSO PRAISED THE HONG KONG SOCIETY

WELFARE ITS TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS IN PROVIDING ELDERLY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1977.

FOR THE AGED FOR SERVICES FOR THE

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