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(II) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO, FOR HEALTH OR OTHER REASONS, CAN NO LONGER LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR ON

THEIR OWN : AND

(111) TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AGING PROCESS SO THAT OLD AGE IS SEEN AS A POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE PERIOD, NOT ONLY

FOR THE ELDERLY THEMSELVES BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. (C) EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THE PROVISON OF ADEQUATE HOUSING, EITHER BY MEANS OF A SPECIAL QUOTA FOR THE ELDERLY IN PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING IN PUBLIC

HOUSING ESTATES, ENABLE MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT HAVING TO SEEK CARE IN INSTITUTIONS. FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACCOMMODATED IN INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS HOSTELS IN PUBLIC HOUSING PREMISES, SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO ORGANISING VARIOUS CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES OR INTEREST GROUP ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE INMATES DO NOT FEEL SOCIALLY ISOLATED OR UNWANTED.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXPANDED AND 'CARE IN THE COMMUNITY' WILL REMAIN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR ASSISTANCE

TO THE ELDERLY''.

2. YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO REFER TO THE WHITE PAPER SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE 1980'S PUBLISHED IN APRIL 1979, A COPY OF WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE. DURING JULY WE HOPE TO SEND YOU A COPY OF THE PROGRAMME PLAN ON SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY 1982 EDITION AND A COPY OF THE FIVE

YEAR PLAN FOR SOCIAL WELFARE DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG -1982

REVIEW.

SIGNED G T BARNES

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