Mr Chan Soo Sen highlighted the importance of a campaign that focuses on the issue of ageing. He felt that everyone could learn to grow old the graceful way.
Younger persons learn from older persons.
The circle is complete because older persons are happy about the respect they are given and also about their task of teaching the young. Nowadays, however, with the rapid improvement in technology, older people might not be as proficient as the younger generation. As a result, there is less of a need to consult the older people, he reasoned. Mr Chan observed that this role-reversal might lead older people into an identity crisis. He explained that older people of today know that they need to accept their own strengths and weaknesses and develop positive relationships in order to be happier.