Care for the Elderly
Throughout the years, we have devoted
special efforts to enhancing the quality of life of the elderly. We sponsored
the installation of air conditionings at the Fook On Tong Social Centre for
the Elderly and in the dining and activity hall of Fung Tak Lutheran
Home for the Elderly. Washing machines and dryers were donated to Wong
Cheung Kin Memorial Hostel for the Elderly run by the Kowloon Women Welfare
Club. For the elderly centres of the Helping Hand in Lai King and
Tuen Mun, we supported their renovation project in 1989. We worked with the
HK Senior Citizens Association and helped to install safety alarm systems
in the homes of 100 elderly people in 2002-2003.
In 1987, jointly with the Oriental
Diary News, we had a big success with a two-day event entertaining 800 elderly
at Tin Sum of Shatin, featuring Chinese Opera songs; Chinese dance and lion
dance and with special woolen wears for the participants. In 1993, through the
SAGE Out-reaching Service, we sponsored a special programme for the deprived
old people from Tsuen Wan. To promote the interest of elderly people in participating
in voluntary work, we worked with the Hong Kong Christian Service with
regard to the Hong Kong Elderly Volunteers Social Services Day. In 1999, we
sponsored Chuang Chung Wen Social Centre for the Elderly in organising
special training classes for elderly people there.
With particular concern for the elderly
cage dwellers in Shamshuipo, we have for many years supported the S.K.H Kei
Oi Centre including sponsoring one full social worker to help them. We also
joined the social workers of the Centre in distributing moon cakes, fruits and
Li See packets to the cage dwellers in public housing estate and entertaining
them to Chinese Opera.
In cooperation with the social workers
of Sheng Kung Hui Western District Multi-Service Centre for the Elderly,
Zontians and their spouses visited the elderly people in Tai O, distributing
to them winter clothing. In 2002, we contributed to the renovation work at the
Hong Kong Lutheran Social services Mrs. Leung Kwai Yee Lutheran Home for
the Elderly in Tsing Yi and also built a "Zonta Garden" for the
residents at the Old Aged House in Kowloon Tong operated by the Asia Women's
Limited. Jointly organized with the HK Federation of Women Lawyers, we organized
the Concert for the Young at Heart for the elderly in the Eastern District
of Hong Kong.
In 2003-04, we donated electric water
heaters to a group of elderly recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance
through St. James Settlement. This year, working together with volunteers
of St. James' Settlement, we launched the home improvement project for
the elderly in need. Up to 1,000 elderly homes will be helped through this project.