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Wednesday, October 17, 1973
Within a year, the services presently run by the Family Planning
Association in government clinics would become part of the government's service,
staffed by government officers, and supported and financed directly by the
government.
"This will make it possible for the Family Planning Association and
the other agencies to concentrate their efforts in the areas not otherwise
served by government clinics," he explained.
"These measures are of great importance because all our efforts to
improve the quality of life in Hong Kong could be frustrated by excessive natural
increase, just as they could be by excessive immigration, and we face a significant
increase in the size of the child-bearing group."
The Governor bracketed the development of medical and health services
along with long-term plans for housing, social welfare, and education as "four
pillars on which the future well-being of our community can be built."
Each year each projection would be "re-examined and rolled forward,"
and the concern of the government must be, Sir Murray said, "to ensure that the
plans do not slip............. but are carried out with the vigour that the community
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