WUHAN OPENS TRAINING CLASS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
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Summary: The document describes the opening of a training class for senior citizens in Wuhan, China. The class is the first of its kind in the country and is attended by 130 retirees between the ages of 55 to 81. The class offers courses in subjects such as Chinese language and literature, traditional Chinese painting, traditional Chinese medicine, and law. The Wuhan Senior Citizens' University, which was established in 1985, has previously offered 22 special courses to over 1,000 retired individuals, including courses in enterprise management, calligraphy, painting, Chinese chess, and dancing. In 1988, the university also introduced legal courses for elderly trainees, with 17 of them being invited to participate.
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Body: Approved For Release 20CW/FE'CIA-RDP96-00792R000200650010-4
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COUNTRY: PRC
SUBJ: WUHAN OPENS TRAINING CLASS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
SOURCE: BEIJING XINHUA IN ENGLISH 1524 GMT 20 MAR 91
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((TEXT)) WUHAN, MARCH 20 (XINHUA) -- A TOTAL OF 130 RETIREES
AGED BETWEEN 55 TO 81 PARTICIPATED IN A CEREMONY MARKING THE OPENING
OF THE COUNTRY'S FIRST TRAIN_U,NG CLASS FORSENIOR CITIZENS TODD.
THE CLAD ,I...ZET..U.~'...,$.Y_E WUHAAN_ SEI QH._c. ' t#~i.TXHUBEIUNIVERSITl _, AND THE WUHAN WORKERS'. COLLEGE- OF MEDICAL.
SCIENCES.,.
IT WAS LEARNED THAT THESE AGED PEOPLE WILL,?-TU SUCH T ACS AS
CHINESE..,L.ANGUA,C,E_,AND._L.ITERATJJRE.. TRADITIONAL CHINESE PAINING,
TRADITIONAL_?S .I NESE_.NEDIcINE, AND LAW FOR._THREF-YEARS..
WUHAN SENIOR CITIZENS' UNIVERSITY WAS.SET.UP IN,.1,,,985. IN THE
PAST SIX YEARS THE UNIVERSITY HASOPENED 22 SPECIAL COURSES
Nc G ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT, CALLIGRAPHY, PAINTING, CHINESE
' GO Gt AND DANCING, TQ OREETiAN_J ,000 RETIRED PEOPLE.
INi988, THE-UNIVERSITY OPENED LEGAL COURSES TO 65 ELDERLY
TRAINEES. AT PRESENT, 17 OF THESE TRAINEES. HAVE BEEN INVITED TO
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