HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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10 November 1993
104
香港立法局
一九九三年十一月十日
104
THE PRESIDENT announced that there were 36 votes in favour of the
motion and two votes against it. He therefore declared that the motion was carried.
RECF
JISTRY
- 2 DEC 1993
PREFERENTIAL SCHEME FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENSTehera
INCE
MR HUI YIN-FAT moved the following motion:
"That this Council notes that the Government will issue next year "senior citizens cards" to eligible elderly persons as identification to enable them to enjoy such preferential treatment as is now available to the elderly. In order that such a scheme can have wider application and achieve better results in the future, this Council urges the Government to make it a rule that the relevant public and statutory bodies must participate in the scheme; and, also, to encourage participation of private organizations, so as to ensure that the elderly can enjoy preferential treatment in such necessities of life as housing, transport, medical care, shopping, food and drink, and cultural and recreational activities; and to dispense with unnecessary and repetitive application procedures, to make it convenient for them to enjoy the preferential treatment; and to promote respect for the elderly among members of the public."
許賢發議員致辭:
主席先生,謹以本人名義,在本局提出動議,因為主席已讀出動議的措辭,我不想再複 述,以免浪費時間。
各位同事都知道,港府過去在福利服務所投入的資源實在有限;但今日的安老服務,部 份已能達到與世界先進地區看齊的水平,可說是一項難得的成就。事實上,安老服務已連 續兩年獲總督在施政報告中列為優先處理項目;而本年度的財政預算案中,有關安老服務 的開支部份,亦確實有15%可觀的實質增長;加上衛生福利司在本局回答本人的口頭質 詢時,已確認志願機構在過去14年,每逢十一月第三個星期日所舉辦的「老人節」,並 且定名為全港性的「長者日」。這一切都足以反映港府近年對安老服務的重視程度。
不過,只要各位細心綜觀現時的安老服務,便不難發覺,雖然服務種類繁多足以迎合各 種不同需要,但整體的印象仍是有所欠缺,例如重量不重質的政策,以及各種服務之間欠 缺中央協調的現象,都是經常受到福利界的批評。