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Luncheon guests 1600 years young
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SIXTEEN local centenarians shared over 1600 years worth of stories at a special luncheon last week. The 100 Years of Memories luncheon was held on 8 November, bringing together the Kingston municipality’s most senior citizens. Kingston’s oldest resident, 110-year-old Hiek Neang, was among the attendees on the day. She moved to Australia from Cambodia in her earlier years, and has been in Mordialloc for over a decade. She said moving to Australia had let her live a “paradise life”. Ms Neang has six children, 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Her daughter and grand-
daughter joined her for the afternoon. “Live in today, life is like a light it can be clicked off any time,” is the advice Ms Neang offers members of younger generations Other attendees included sisters Ada Richardson and Jean Proven, 104 and 100-years-old. Of the sixteen attendees who had reached the century milestone, fifteen were women and just one was a man. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley, who ironically is one of the youngest mayors ever elected in Victoria, went along with youth mayor Jack O’Connor. “The most recent study in 2017 found Australia had more than 4400 people aged over 100, and the
number is growing as we take care Editorial.Challenge.2017 of and respect our senior citizens,” she said. “The fact that we have so many residents in their early hundreds shows just what a wonderful place Kingston is to live.” Kingston has 30 living residents who have celebrated their 100th birthdays. The Southern Golf Club in Keysborough played host to the event.
Cheers: Sixteen Kingston centenarians gathered for lunch and cake last week. Picture: Gary Sissons
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HE Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries is urgently appealing to all car owners to check if their vehicle has a faulty Takata airbag. Failure to do so may result in more owners having their vehicle deregistered. FCAI Chief Executive Tony Weber said state and territory government traffic authorities were considering the deregistration of more vehicles fitted with faulty Alpha and critical airbags where owners had ignored repeated requests to have their vehicle airbags replaced. Car owners can avoid the potential deregistration of these vehicles by having the faulty airbags, which could result in the death or serious injury of vehicle drivers and passengers, replaced as soon as possible.
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"Nobody wants to see car owners inconvenienced by having their vehicles deregistered, but it seems it is the only way we can convince some unresponsive owners to allow us to fix their cars," Mr Weber said. "This is a last resort action to ensure we track down owners of vehicles with Alpha and critical airbags who have ignored multiple appeals from manufacturers and government agencies." The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recently announced that nearly 20,000 additional vehicles already under recall for faulty Takata airbags have now been reclassified by manufacturers as "critical." The critical classification places the vehicles in a high-risk category alongside Alpha-equipped vehicles. "The ACCC has warned vehicles fitted
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with airbags listed as critical should not be driven and the FCAI strongly agrees with that warning," Mr Weber said. In Australia, one death and one serious injury associated with faulty Takata airbags have been recorded. At September 30, 2019 Australian car manufacturers have rectified faulty Takata airbags in more than 2.46 million vehicles, but there were 373,886 vehicles still subject to the national recall. These vehicles are located throughout Australia, particularly in outer capital-city suburbs and in regional and rural areas. To check if your vehicle is affected go to www.ismyairbagsafe.com.au and enter your vehicle's registration and state or territory, or text TAKATA to 0487 AIRBAG (247 224). ■ This is sponsored content for Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Vehicles still subject to the national recall are located throughout Australia.