ON SOCIAL WELFARE, THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT APART FROM THE ONGOING WELFARE PROGRAMME,THE SCHEME FOR THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY HE ANOUNCED
LAST YEAR IS MAKING HEADWAY. 80 FLATS TO ACCOMMODATE ABOUT 470
PEOPLE IN SHA TIN HAVE BEEN PURCHASED. A FURTHER 23 FLATS HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR PURCHASE IN THE URBAN AREA. A WORKING PARTY
IS REVIEWING PRE-SCHOOL CARE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF DISABLED
CHILDREN AND IS EXPECTED TO REPORT IN EARLY 1984. THERE WILL ALSO
BE A STEPPED-UP PROGRAMME OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, AIMED AT ENCOURAGING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE DISABLED,
TO HELP THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY. ON THE LABOUR
FRONT, THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS FINALISING ITS PROPOSAL FOR
AN INCREASE IN THE RATE OF SEVEREANCE PAY. THE WORKING GROUP
WHICH WAS SET UP BY THE GOVERNOR LAST YEAR TO EXAMINE THE
PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYEES OF COMPANIES IN RECEIVERSHIP, HAS RECOMMENDED THAT A WAGE SECURITY FUND SHOULD BE SET UP AND THESE
RECOMMENDATHONS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN PRINCIPLE BY EXCO.
ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THE GOVERNOR DESCRIBED THE ENACTMENT OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE LAST YEAR AS A MILESTONE: HE NOTED THAT TOLO HARBOUR WILL BECOME HK'S FIRST WATER CONTROL ZONE IN 1984 AND THAT EXCO WOULD SHORTLY BE DEALING WITH CONSULTANCY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SAFE, SANITARY DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF WASTES.
ON BROADCASTING, THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF BROADCASTING WELL AHEAD OF THE EXPIRY OF THE PRESENT TV LICENCES IN 1988 AND OF THE SOUND BROADCASTING LICENCE IN 1989. THE REVIEW WILL ASSESS LONG-TERM NEEDS FOR TV AND RADHO, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES WHICH HAVE OCCURED SINCE THE LAST REVIEW AND WILL RECOMMEND A POLICY FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF BROADCASTING IN HK. THE REVIEW WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE THE QUOTE GREAT POTENTIAL UNQUOTE FOR INCREASING THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH TELEVISION CAN MAKE TO ALL FORMS OF EDUCATION.
LAW, ORDER AND SECURITY:
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF CRIMES, MANY OF A SERIOUS AND VIOLENT NATURE, BEING COMMITTED BY YOUNG MALES AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 20. THE 1983-84 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN WILL BE TARGETTED AT THIS GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE. AN IMPROVED COMPUTER ASSISTED COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM, WHICH WILL BECOME THE HUB OF THE POLICE BEAT RADIO SYSTEM, WILL BE IN OPERATION BY 1988.
THE INCREASING INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN DRUGS IS DISTURBING. GREATER EMPHASES IS TO BE GIVEN TO PREVENTIVE EDUCATION IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS: SPECIAL ATTENTION IS TO SE PAID TO THE TREATMENT OF YOUUNG FIRST-TIME ADDICTS AND TO THEIR AFTER CARE: THE HELP OF PARENTS IN STEERING THEIR CHILDREN AWAY FROM DRUGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOUGHT, AND EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND TO FOLLOW OTHER HEALTHY ACTIVITIES.
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