HONG KONG EYES GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR RETIREES

City's seniors ramp up volunteer work, look to share job skills

Tina Chan Yuk-ting defies the stereotypes about someone her age, with her gray hair the only visible clue she is 72 years old.

She stands without the slightest hint of a stoop, and speaks and moves in a lively manner.

Pushing a trolley stacked with paint cans, brushes, and a new handrail, she is on her way to do volunteer repair work for elderly residents living in public housing in Hong Kong's Tsuen Wan district.