Chief Executive John Lee today visited Eastern District where he toured a public housing estate, social service facilities, and the Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance & Coastal Defence.
     
Mr Lee went to Oi Tung Estate to visit the seniors living there to ascertain their daily lives and the support provided by the District Services & Community Care Teams. He also interacted with other estate residents.
 
He noted that the District Services & Community Care Teams - Scheme on Supporting Elderly & Carers has been extended to cover the entire city, with Care Teams assisting in identifying singleton and doubleton elderly persons and their carers in need and providing them with care and support.
     
Mr Lee then visited the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fong Shu Chuen Social Service Building to interact with elderly users of the services and learn about how they use gerontechnology and silver products to enhance their quality of life.
     
He said that the Government is taking multipronged measures to strengthen elderly care, including increasing the numbers of Residential Care Service Vouchers for the Elderly, and Community Care Service Vouchers for the Elderly, as from April.
     
He added that the Government actively encourages elderly service units and the elderly to harness gerontechnology, with the Innovation & Technology Fund for Application in Elderly & Rehabilitation Care offering subsidies to the service units in using technological products.
     
The Chief Executive also toured the Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance & Coastal Defence. Noting that this year marks the 80th Anniversary of Chinese Victory in the War of Resistance, Mr Lee highlighted that the Working Group on Patriotic Education is co-ordinating various commemorative activities with policy bureaus and departments at full steam.
 
As regards the upcoming Policy Address, Mr Lee said that he will listen to opinions from various sectors of the community and appealed to the public to actively give their views.