Intergenerational Symposium on Age-friendly City
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event: Intergenerational Symposium on Age-friendly City
Date: 29 March 2014 (Sat)
Time: 9:00 am – 12:45 noon
Venue: Tin Ka Ping Lecture Theatre (LT-1), 4/F, Academic 1, CityU
Officiating guests:
· Professor Arthur Ellis, Provost, CityU
- Professor Lo Tit -wing, Head of Department of Applied Social Studies, CityU
- Dr Alice Chong Ming-lin, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, CityU
- Mr Benson NG Yuk-ming, Chairman of promoting sharing and training working group on age-friendly city in Hong Kong (2013-2014)
- Mr Ma Kam-wah, Chairman of working group on active ageing of the Elderly Commission
- Representatives from the Rotary Club of the New Territories, Rotary Club of Shatin and Charitable Foundation
The Intergenerational Symposium on Age-friendly City will be held at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 19 March. The Symposium aims to raise public awareness of the importance of an age-friendly Hong Kong and to promote innovative ways to create a more inclusive environment for seniors.
Through the interactions of the elderly and youngsters, the symposium will gather views on issues about developing an age-friendly city under different themes and perspectives. After the consolidation of insights, CityU will submit the proposal to related government departments for their consideration.
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