Widow's Assistance Scheme

Widows applying for assistance from KAAA. Horace Kadoorie giving away cattle to widows. KAAA widow pig units at Tai Hong Wai, Kam Tin. A widow feeding piglets donated by KAAA. Widows were particularly fond of cattle with a calf, which was a sign of blissful old age.

Older widows were given KAAA chickens. Raising chickens and selling eggs gave widows more than three times the amount they could earn through casual labour and grass cutting. Widows at Ta Ku Ling waiting to be given KAAA chickens. The 1961 census showed there were 16,420 widows in the New Territories.