HUNDREDS of energetic elderly residents were in a happy mood when they gathered to celebrate Senior Citizens Day at the Silver Jubilee Home for the Aged in Sungai Dua, on Oct 7.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, accompanied by his wife Tan Lean Kee, was Guest of Honour and said that the main aim of the event was to recognise the elderly’s past contributions to society and to remind our community that these people are an important segment of our society.
The elderly folks from other five homes in the state also attended the annual do and had much fun singing and chatting with each other.
Chow, who is also Silver Jubilee Home Board of Trustees chairman said there were about 150 residents staying at the home.
“Senior citizens are important to us all as they say ‘jia you yi lao, ru you yi bao’. Over the past 83 years Silver Jubilee Home has been providing shelter, food and care for old people who have no one to support them in their twilight years.
“Starting from very basic shelters in the initial years, the accommodation has been upgraded a few times to what we see today, a modern complex of cluster homes complete with medical wards, physiotherapy centre, dining hall, recreation facilities and a lot of green open space.
At the event, various performances and entertainment programmes were conducted to entertain the guests.
The guests were served an array of delicious local delicacies for lunch.
The residents, with the oldest aged 97, were invited to cut the cakes while the birthday song was played.
During the event, the guests were enthralled when the Chief Minister sang a Cantonese song.
Also present were State Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh, Batu Uban assemblyman A. Kumaresan, Executive Advisor and Trustee of Silver Jubilee Home Tan Sri Tan Kok Ping and his wife Puan Sri May Tan and Chairman of Sliver Jubilee Home Saw Soon Kooi.
Story by K.Thaarshenii
Pix by Darwina Mohd Daud
Video by Ahmad Adil Muhamad