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Chapter 1
Introduction
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The development of social welfare in Hong Kong in the past
five years has been guided by the 1973 White Paper "The Way Ahead",
supplemented by the Social Welfare Five Year Development Plan which
deals with the practical implementation of the broad principles and
priorities set out in the White Paper. In 1977, the Government
carried out a thorough review of its social welfare programmes and
subsequently published three Green Papers making recommendations
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for the further development of social security, services for the
elderly and personal social work among young people. The voluntary
sector was consulted both during the preparation of these Green
Papers and following their publication. The community's views
were obtained by various methods including briefing sessions with
community leaders, distribution of explanatory leaflets on the
Government's proposals, separate opinion surveys and direct comments
from individuals and organizations.
The proposals in the three
Green Papers were also separately debated in the Legislative Council.
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tation.
This White Paper is the culmination of wide public consul-
It sets out the broad basis on which the Government believes
social welfare should now develop in Hong Kong. These developments
are anchored very firmly to the particular needs of Hong Kong
within its political, social and economic environment. They
reaffirm the Government's belief that financial help should continue
to be concentrated on those who are least able to help themselves,
which means primarily those in vulnerable groups
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