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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1990

OF THE

SURVEY,

WE

WILL REVIEW THE "BASED ON THE FINDINGS

WAYS CURRENT LEVEL OF ELDERLY SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT, AND LOOK INTO TO IMPROVE ELDERLY WELFARE, HE ADDED.

"

60 AND ABOVE WHICH WOULD THE HIGHEST IN THE

ACCORDING TO MR MANN, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED IN WAN CHAI WOULD INCREASE TO 35,000 IN THE EARLY 19908,

THE DISTRICT POPULATION AND REPRESENT 18 PER CENT OF

POPULATION OF ALL DISTRICTS

OF

THE

ELDERLY

PROPORTION TERRITORY.

HE BELIEVED THE DEMAND FOR ACCOMMODATION GROW AS A RESULT.

FOR THE AGED WOULD

LEAVING

TREND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO AT PRESENT, HE SAID, THERE WAS A MOVE OUT OF THE DISTRICT WHEN THEY SET UP THEIR OWN FAMILIES, THEIR OLD FOLK BEHIND.

DEMAND

THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING AT VARIOUS WAYS TO MEET THIS FOR ELDERLY HOUSING, INCLUDING THE LEASING OF PRIVATE APARTMENTS, MANN SAID.

MR

HE HOPED THE LI CHIT STREET RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE DEMAND.

WOULD HELP

THE CHARITY INFORMATION DAY FOR THE ELDERLY ORGANISED BY OFFICE.

DRIVE TODAY

WAS

HELD IN

WITH ASSOCIATION THE WAN CHAI DISTRICT

AN

INFORMATION

PAMPHLETS

1N

ON THE WAN

SLIDE SHOWS WERE PRESENTED AND RANGE OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO SENIOR CITIZENS CHAI WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 900 ELDERLY PARTICIPANTS IN THE FUNCTION,

'PAI LAV' TO CELEBRATE YEAR OF HORSE

A

(WEDNESDAY) EVENING то KWUN TONG TOWN CENTRE WAS LIT UP THIS CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE HORSE WHEN MORE THAN 2,000 LIGHT BULBS ON

IN TUNG YAN STREET "PAI LAU" OUTSIDE THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE WERE SWITCHED ON.

BOARD, AS WELL HAPPY AND

ERECTED AT A COST OF $150,000 BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT THE 216-SQUARE-METRE "PAI LAU" FEATURES A DRAGON AND A HORSE AS THE CHINESE CHARACTER FOR "FORTUNE" TO WISH RESIDENTS A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

TONG DISTRICT

THE

SPEAKING AT THE SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY, THE KWUN OFFICER, MR CHRIS WAN, SAID THAT THE "PAI LAU" WOULD BE LIT UP IN EVENINGS TO SYMBOLISE HONG KONG'S BRIGHT FUTURE.

THE SWITCHING ON