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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1993

THE

WREATHS WERE ALSO LAID BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG;

BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN COMMANDER

FOLEY; OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS;

COMMANDER BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES; DEPUTY

FORCES, ROYAL CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE

NAVY,

REPRESENTATIVES COMMONWEALTH BRIGADIER

CHRISTOPHER

HAMMERBECK;

CAPITAL TOM SUNTER; COMMANDER ROYAL AIR FORCE, GROUP CAPTAIN SAM HUNT; URBAN THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL. DR RONALD LEUNG DING-BONG; AND DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN.

BRANCH), SOCIETIES AND

REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY LAYING OF WREATHS BY SERVICE UNITS, THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION (HONG KONG AND CHINA COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, OTHER BODIES.

COMMUNITY SHOWING GREATER RESPECT FOR ELDERLY * * * * *

RESPECT AND

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, TODAY (SUNDAY)

GREATER SAID THERE WAS AN INCREASING TREND OF PROMOTING CONCERN FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

CX HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AT HO MAN TIN,

FANTASY FLIGHT

SINCE 1979, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS HAVE BEEN ORGANISING SUNDAY OF NOVEMBER WHICH

FURTHER SIGNIFY

A "FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY" ON THE THIRD THIS YEAR IS MARKED AS THE "SENIOR CITIZENS' DAY" TO THE COMMUNITY'S RECOGNITION OF THE ELDERLY'S CONTRIBUTIONS.

"THIS IS THE FESTIVAL'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY. TO MARK THIS MEANINGFUL OCCASION, A SERIES OF TERRITORY-WIDE CELEBRATION FEW WEEKS PROGRAMMES AND PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN ARE BEING LAUNCHED THESE AND THE PRESENT ACTIVITY IS ALSO ONE, HE SAID.

AND OVER AND THERE ARE ABOUT 790,000 OLD PEOPLE AGED 60 NUMBER IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE TO 900,000 IN FIVE YEARS' TIME.

THE

OF THE INCREASING MR STRACHAN SAID IN VIEW

POPULATION, THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

то IMPROVE THE THE PLEDGE TO PROVIDE FAR-REACHING PROGRAMMES

THE WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY IS REFLECTED IN THE INITIATIVES MADE BY GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS LAST MONTH.

IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN MADE HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES.

IN RESPECT OF

MEDICAL,

IN

WELFARE PLANNING PRINCIPLE THAT THE SOCIAL

SERVICES FOR THE

THE ELDERLY, WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED IS SHOULD

ΤΟ BE HELPED

LIVE IN HIS BELIEF THAT AN OLD PERSON

AND THAT

BE COMMUNITY WITH DIGNITY

SERVICES SHOULD

PROVIDED FACILITATE HIS CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY, BOTH SOCIALLY IF HE LIKES, ECONOMICALLY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

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