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SENIOR CITIZEN GOLD CARD SCHEME

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1993

ELDERLY

CONVENIENCE OF THE HONG

WILL

PROOF

THE SENIOR CITIZEN CARD, DESIGNED FOR THE

IS NEITHER MEANT TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR PERSONS, KONG IDENTITY CARD NOR IS IT IN ITSELF A DISCOUNT CARD. IT IS A OF

AS SUCH, HOLDERS OF SUCH A CARD AGE FOR THE HOLDER. HAVE TO SHOW THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD IN ORDER CONCESSIONARY FARES AND DISCOUNT RATES. THIS SCHEME IS TO THE RESPECT FOR AND TO REFLECT THE VENERATED STATUS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY.

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NOT OBTAIN REINFORCE

THE APPLICATION

APPLICANT TOGETHER

WE APPLICATION BY MAIL IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE. THAT ABOUT 400,000 ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL APPLY FOR THE CARD IN THE FIRST YEAR. DETAILS OF THE SCHEME WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON AND I ASK PERSONS TO LOOK OUT FOR PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE MEDIA.

PROCEDURE FOR THE CARD IS SIMPLE. ALL THE

IT RAS

AND TO DO IS TO FILL IN A SIMPLE FORM

IN KONG WITH A PHOTOGRAPH AND A PHOTOCOPY OF HIS OR HER IDENTITY CARD.

EXPECT

SEND

HONG

ELDERLY

SCHEME

IN THE

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

AT

GOVERNMENT'S PROMOTION OF THE SCHEME ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. WITHOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT, A CARD IS ONLY A

CARD.

WE INTEND PUBLICISE THE CARD TO ELDERLY PERSONS THEMSELVES AND TO THE

LARGE. WE HOPE TO ENCOURAGE MORE COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS INTRODUCE CONCESSIONARY SCHEMES AND DISCOUNT RATES FOR PEOPLE. I SHALL PERSONALLY BE APPEALING TO PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS TO TAKE PART IN THIS WORTHY SCHEME.

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ELDERLY THE ELDERLY THE

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GOLD CARD SCHEME IS INTENDED VOLUNTARY SCHEME. THERE IS, AND CAN BE, NO COMPULSION. IT WOULD AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONCESSIONARY FARES AND DISCOUNT RATES ARE MADE MANDATORY FOR

MIGHT

CARD PERSONS.

EVEN BE A BACKLASH AGAINST THE THERE SCHEME WERE TURNED INTO A COMPULSORY PREFERENTIAL SCHEME FOR PEOPLE. THE HON MARTIN LEE WAS PERFECTLY RIGHT WHEN HE SAID THAT ORIGINAL IDEA BEHIND THE SCHEME WAS TO ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE RESPECT OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE. THIS IS PRECISELY WHAT A CARD IS INTENDED THIS SCHEME IS ABOUT RESPECT AND CONCERN FOR ELDERLY TO REFLECT. PEOPLE. RESPECT AND CONCERN CANNOT BE INDUCED BY COERCIVE MEANS.

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