Alarm plea for elderly living alone

AN elderly people's rights group yesterday called for remote-controlled alarms to be installed for 30,000 old people living alone in public units.

The Association for the Rights of the Elderly said the Housing Department's system was useless because the alarm was linked only to an emergency light and siren outside the door. In emergencies, an elderly person had to walk to push buttons in three different places in their flat.

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