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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1994

OVER STANDS TOTAL POPULATION. IN FIVE

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15.2 PER 910,000 OR

"TODAY, THE ELDERLY POPULATION OF 60 YEARS OLD OR AT AROUND 810,000 OR 14 PER CENT OF THE YEARS' TIME, THIS IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE CENT OF THE POPULATION.

"SO SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY FORM ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IN GOVERNMENT, MR STRACHAN SAID.

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THE

CHINESE FAMILY SERVICES THEMSELVES AND THEIR

NOTING THAT THE STRONG TIES OF THE TRADITIONAL HAD WEAKENED, MR STRACHAN HIGHLIGHTED A NEED TO PROVIDE MORE AND FACILITIES TO SUPPORT BOTH ELDERLY PERSONS FAMILIES IN LOOKING AFTER THEM.

THE DIRECTOR SAID ASSISTANCE SCHEME BY 7.7 PER

ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELDERLY PEOPLE, ALLOWANCES UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ALLOWANCE SCHEME HAD BEEN RAISED CENT FROM APRIL.

MR FACILITIES,

STRACHAN SAID WITHIN TURNING TO RESIDENTIAL THESE THREE YEARS, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD PLANS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 4,600 PLACES IN SUBVENTED CARE-AND-ATTENTION HOMES FOR THE AGED.

HOMES AND

"FURTHERMORE,

700

WILL PLACES

BE

BOUGHT FROM

PRIVATE

RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

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SUBVENTED 16,000 IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE HE ADDED.

"BY 1997, THERE WILL BE CLOSE ATTENTION AND AGED HOME PLACES. BOUGHT PLACES FOR THE ELDERLY,"

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CHOOSE YOUR BEST REPRESENTATIVE BY VOTING

CARE-AND-

1,200

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WONG

PERSON QUALIFIED то BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE BEST AND MOST REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS, RESIDENTS MUST FIRST BECOME A VOTER, TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALDAN KWOK, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT A "CIVIC EDUCATION CUM VOTER REGISTRATION DAY", KWOK STRESSED THAT IT WAS EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO VOICE THEIR HOPES FOR BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT.

MR

A

"FOR

THIS REASON, YOU MUST REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR CAN VOTE FOR THE MOST ABLE PERSON TO SPEAK FOR YOU,

BEFORE

YOU

| HE SAID.

"JUST LIKE OUR SLOGAN: 'MAKE YOURSELF HEARD, REGISTER TO VOTE' +

HE ADDED. IT IS NOW FOR YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR OWN CIVIC RIGHTS,

THE WITH

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OF

18

IN

START OF THE TERRITORY-WIDE VOTER REGISTRATION

MR

AGE EXERCISE,

ESPECIALLY URGED THOSE WHO REACH THE KWOK BEFORE JUNE 30, TO FILL IN THE VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS AVAILABLE DISTRICT OFFICES, HOUSING ESTATES AND POST OFFICES.

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