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programme and the development of the new towns.
1.5
As the needs of the community change and develop so
too is it incumbent on the Government to introduce new
services progressively as the situation requires. In recent
years the Government has shown its readiness to act in this
way by its decisions to participate directly in the provision
of family planning services and to take a more active part
in the treatment of drug addiction. It will be appropriate
to consolidate and expand the Government's commitment in
these areas. Action should also be initiated to promote
consciousness in the community of the importance of dental
health and to take positive action to this end, even though
the introduction of a dental service on the lines of the
medical service remains impracticable at this stage.
1.6
The proposals are therefore designed to
maintain and improve existing services and to consolidate
and establish new services, in each case against the back-
ground of the growth of the population and the changing
pattern of its distribution as between the urban area and
the New Territories.
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