www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Podcast

Ministries open canteens, services to the elderly


Updated: 2011-02-15 13:07
Large Medium Small

Get Flash Player

進入英語學習論壇下載音頻  去聽寫專區一展身手

At noontime, Jin Yujie got dressed and headed to the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) office in Beijing. The 81-year-old was not going there on official business but rather for lunch.

Jin has been the most regular customer of SARFT’s No 302 dining hall since the administration became the country's first ministerial-level office to open its cafeteria to the community.

"I don't cook very often because it's boring to make food and chow it down alone," she said. "I can buy a cheap meal at the dining hall, eat half of it for lunch and take the rest home for supper."

Jin has lived alone since her husband passed away two years ago. She has since spent most of the time by herself because her only daughter rarely visits.

The Yuetan subdistrict office has urged neighboring ministries to open their canteen doors to empty nesters like Jin.

SARFT opened its cafeteria to the 21 neighboring communities in June 2009, providing cheap food and takeaway at lunchtime from Monday to Friday. The National Development and Reform Commission also opened its dining hall last year.

"We are working to let the public share more central government departments' resources to support the elderly," said Wang Yong, deputy director of the Yuetan subdistrict office of Xicheng district.

The subdistrict has been facing pressure to meet the needs of its aging residents. People older than 60 account for 23 percent of the subdistrict's nearly 140,000 residents, the Beijing News reported on Sunday.

Wang said some senior citizens in Xicheng are too old to shop for ingredients or to cook. And ordering takeout from restaurants every day is too expensive. Consequently, many of the elderly eat few fresh vegetables.

Fortunately for these residents, about a dozen ministries are located in the area.

A 2009 Ministry of Civil Affairs circular encouraged government organs to share resources with neighborhoods. So the Yuetan subdistrict office asked nearby ministries to open their dining halls to elderly residents.

It is now in talks with a dozen more ministries, including the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Railways, Wang said.

Head of SARFT's logistics and service bureau Liu Chengbin said: "The graying of the country's population has been creating a nationwide demand for more services for the elderly. I believe central government ministries should play a role."

However, he has voiced concerns about the cost of such programs as the dining hall services.

SARFT pays for food-delivery staffers, transfer trolleys, and water and electricity expenses, and sells meals at low prices.

"Without government subsidies, I'm afraid the service won't last long," Liu said.

But some experts, such as Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences professor Lu Hanlong, oppose subsidies.

"Some government departments provide very cheap food in their dining halls as a form of employee welfare," Lu said.

"If local governments allocate funds for these departments, we cannot tell if the money is used to provide affordable food for the public or for their own staff members."

Lu suggested local governments support nongovernmental organizations that provide low-cost meals for senior citizens.

Experts estimate 350 million of the country's 1.45 billion people will be older than 65 by 2050.

去聽寫專區一展身手

(中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯)

Ministries open canteens, services to the elderly

About the broadcaster:

Ministries open canteens, services to the elderly

Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is also fluent in Korean.

分享按鈕
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲综合第一区 | 精品一区二区三区的国产在线观看 | 精品一区二区三区波多野结衣 | 一级片网址 | 国产国语高清在线视频二区 | 日本a级毛片免费观看 | 在线看片一区 | 国内精品一区二区 | 玖玖爱精品 | 日本免费www | 香蕉国产人午夜视频在线观看 | 久久久久久久久网站 | 精品videosex性欧美 | 成人精品在线 | 国内精品久久久久影院网站 | 国产精品福利视频萌白酱 | 精品国产一区二区三区久久影院 | 一本久综合久久爱 | 在线看毛片网站 | 欧美黄视频在线观看 | 久久久久国产精品美女毛片 | 亚洲欧美日产综合在线看 | 2022免费国产精品福利在线 | 成人综合网址 | 精品国产一区二区三区久久 | 黄视频在线免费看 | 国产精品亚洲精品爽爽 | 国产精品免费视频一区一 | 中美日韩在线网免费毛片视频 | 欧美老妇b| 国产亚洲亚洲精品777 | 香蕉视频黄在线观看 | 日韩成人在线观看 | 亚洲欧美日韩成人一区在线 | 国产精品成人观看视频免费 | 在线综合+亚洲+欧美中文字幕 | 一区二区三区不卡在线观看 | 国产a一级毛片含羞草传媒 国产a自拍 | 成人做爰在线视频 | 久久在线播放 | 成人第一页|