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Housing Department volunteers celebrate Dragon Boat Festival with elderly tenants (with photos)
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     In celebration of the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, members of the Housing Department Volunteers Corps (Volunteers Corps) organised an afternoon gathering for elderly tenants and presented them with rice dumplings to show their care.
 
     The Chairman of the Volunteers Corps and the Assistant Director (Legal Service) of Housing Department (HD), Mrs Kitty Yan, said today (May 29), "Under the guidance of a tutor, forty members and colleagues made a total of 300 rice dumplings last Saturday (May 27) morning and presented them to elderly tenants in the afternoon."
 
     "The HD Volunteers Corps organised a festive gathering that afternoon at Lai Kok Community Hall, Cheung Sha Wan for 150 elderly tenants from Fortune Estate, Lai Kok Estate and Lai On Estate. Apart from presenting to the elderly rice dumplings and lucky bags, a guest speaker also gave a health talk and some members of the Volunteers Corps sang their hearts out on the spot. We hope the elderly tenants could feel the warmth through such activities during this festive occasion," Mrs Yan said.

     The Volunteers Corps cares about elderly tenants residing in public rental housing. Members of the Volunteers Corps usually organise celebratory activities or arrange home visits for them during major festivals.
 
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Members of the Housing Department Volunteers Corps held an afternoon gathering for elderly tenants on May 27. Photo shows members of the Volunteers Corps and their handmade rice dumplings.
Members of the Housing Department Volunteers Corps held an afternoon gathering for elderly tenants on May 27. Photo shows members of the Volunteers Corps making rice dumplings under the guidance of a tutor.
Members of the Housing Department Volunteers Corps held an afternoon gathering for elderly tenants on May 27. Photo shows elderly tenants from Fortune Estate, Lai Kok Estate and Lai On Estate watching members of the Volunteers Corps performing at the festive gathering.