SPURNING the lift and using the stairs to her fourth-floor flat was credited by 101-year-old Ms Law Ngor yesterday for helping her to stay in good health.
Ms Law was the oldest of 1,500 senior citizens who took part in the yan yat party in Tai Po yesterday, as part of the traditional birthday celebrations that follow the Lunar New Year festival.
Ms Law attributed her old age to a plain diet and healthy living.
''I live on the fourth floor and exercise regularly by walking up and down the block instead of taking the lift,'' she said in her Chiu Chow dialect.
''I'm not picky about my food but eat all kinds of things and still go to restaurants and have dim sum every day.'' Her daughter-in-law, 60-year-old Mrs Wong Lam Heung-lin, said Ms Law was very independent and able to take care of herself.
''She has not been sick for a long time and her eyesight is even better than a lot of people younger than her,'' Mrs Wong said.