THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1975
HE PERSONALLY SAW NO JUSTIFICATION IN PROVIDING ELABORATE AIR-CONDITIONED SUPERMARKETS AND NUMEROUS CAR PARKS IN HOUSING ESTATES. +EY CONFINING OURSELVES TO BASIC REQUIREMENTS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD MORE AND BUILD FASTER TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL.
+FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED MORE THEY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BUY THEIR OWN FLAT WITH GOVERNMENT'S ENCOURAGEMENT AND HELP,+ HE ADDED.
DR. FANG EXPRESSED SHOCK THAT APPROVAL HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR A REQUEST FOR OFF-COURSE BETTING FACILITIES IN HOUSING ESTATES. THIS ONLY LEND CREDENCE TO CRITICISM THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS GOING OUT OF ITS WAY TO ENCOURAGE HONG KONG TO GAMBLE. HE URGED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER ALL THE IMPLICATIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE PROPOSAL.
HE ALSO DREW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF SEVERELY AND MULTIPLE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WHO NUMBERED MORE THAN WAS GENERALLY BELIEVED.
+THEY REQUIRE INSTITUTIONAL AND NURSING CARE WHICH IS AT PRESENT NEITHER PROVIDED FOR IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIVE-YEAR PLAN NOR THE MEDICAL WHITE PAPER,+ HE SAID.
+ IT IS USELESS TO THINK, + HE ADDED, THAT THE DISABILITY ALLOWANCE OF $180 WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THEIR NEEDS IN THEIR OWN HOMES.+
THE PARENTS DID NOT KNOW HOW THEY SHOULD BE CARED FOR, NOR WAS IT ECONOMICAL TO DIVERT ALL THE ENERGY AND JIME OF THE PARENTS TO ONE SINGLE CHILD AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OTHER CHILDREN AND THEIR WORK.
HE HOPED THAT THE MUCH AWAITED COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME ON REHABILITATION WOULD GIVE TOP PRIORITY TO THIS VERY REAL PROBLEM.
HE NOTED THAT AFTER YEARS OF DETAILED WORK BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, A SPECIAL BUILDING CODE HAD BEEN COMPILED WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO BUILDINGS FOR THE DISABLED AND TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS FROM INACCESSIBLE PLACES.
THE CODE WAS A MUCH IMPROVED VERSION BASED ON THOSE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES AND WOULD PUT HONG KONG TO THE FORE ON THE WORLD SCENE.
ON MEDICAL SERVICES, DR. FANG WELCOMED THE OPENING OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AND THE GOVERNMENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE WORKING PARTY'S REPORT ON UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS WHICH, HE GAID, WAS +WELL-TIMED AND ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS.+
HE STRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MUCH NEEDED DENTAL SCHOOL MUST NOT BE DELAYED FURTHER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AS THE DENTAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WAS IN A +PRECARIOUS CONDITION.+
DR. FANG ALSO SUPPORTED A CALL BY DR. CHUNG SZE-YUEN THAT HONG KONG MUST BE ALLOWED TO CARRY OUT THE DEATH PENALTY.
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