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MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1990

DONATION SETS UP SELF-FINANCING HOME FOR THE ELDERLY

BE ESTABLISHED A NEW SELF-FINANCING HOME FOR THE ELDERLY WILL

FOLLOWING A IN TIME TO RECEIVE RESIDENTS IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR,

MILLION RECEIVED BY THE SOCIAL GENEROUS PRIVATE DONATION OF $10 WELFARE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY),

DR

THE DONATION WAS MADE BY AN ACADEMIC AND RETIRED RESEARCHER

CHARITABLE TRUST HUI WAI-HAAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DR HUI'S WISHES, A

OF SOCIAL WELFARE UNDER HER NAME HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE DIRECTOR

FOR THE

PRIMARILY ELDERLY, SERVICES INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, TO BE NAMED AFTER HER LATE MOTHER MRS HUI TAK-YU.

SPEAKING AT A CHEQUE PRESENTATION CEREMONY THIS MORNING AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID THERE WAS AN ACUTE SHORTFALL AND ATTENTION PLACES IN HONG KONG.

"THIS GENEROUS DONATION HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SELF-FINANCING HOME AT SHORT NOTICE.

IT

MOK

THE

OF CARE.

ΤΟ ESTABLISH AN

"THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPLEMENT OUR EXISTING PLANS AND WILL COME

WILL MAKE ON STREAM MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE ACCOMMODATION TO BE PURCHASED AND ADAPTED, RATHER ACCOMMODATION WHICH CAN TAKE A VERY LONG TIME TO COMPLETE.

"IT WILL THUS HELP TO BRING SOME EARLY

" HE SAID. FOR PLACEMENTS FOR THE ELDERLY,

USE OF EXISTING THAN PURPOSE-BUILT

RELIEF ΤΟ THE DEMAND

WENT

SMOOTHLY,

THIS IF EVERYTHING MR

SAID CARTLAND

WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT 100 PERSONS FOR ELDERLY SELF-FINANCING HOME ADDITIONAL CARE AND ATTENTION PLACES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

WILL MAINLY

COME FROM HOME "RESIDENTS OF THE WAITING LIST MAINTAINED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT,

THE

CENTRAL HE SAID.

UNDERTOOK TO THE GOVERNMENT MR CARTLAND STRESSED THAT WHILE

RESIDENTIAL IN PARTICULAR ELDERLY, PROVIDE MORE SERVICES FOR THE

FASTER PACE WITH FACILITIES, MORE FACILITIES COULD BE PROVIDED AT A THE HELP OF PRIVATE DONATIONS.

HE PAID TRIBUTE TO DR HUI FOR THE GENEROSITY AND REMARKED SHE HAD SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THAT

IN

ELDERLY,

PREMISES SUITABLE SWD STAFF WERE NOW ALREADY LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE SETTING UP OF THIS HOME FOR THE

HE SAID. WHICH WOULD BE RUN BY A NON-PROFIT-MAKING AGENCY,"

EARLY

AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN THE

SERIES OF KEY TEACHING 30'S, MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY, DR HUI HELD A POSTS IN HKU UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN THE EARLY 70'S.

/SINCE THEN