MONDAY, MAY 29, 1978
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+THESE SCHEMES PROVIDE A SAFETY NET FOR THE VULNERABLE MEMBERS CF OUR COMMUNITY WHO, BECAUSE CF CIRCUMSTANCES EEYOND THEIR CONTROL,
+THIS APPROACH TC ARE ABLE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES,+ MR. HO SAID. SOCIAL SECURITY IS CONSIDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO BE RIGHT FOR HONG RONG AND IN THIS IT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC.+
HOWEVER, THERE AS SCOPE FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF CCCUPATIONAL BENEFITS IN HONG KONG, AND TR. HO HOPED THAT EMPLOYERS „CULD RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AS SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS CHANGED.
EMPLOYEES MIGHT ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY A MORE POSITIVE ROLE IN PROVIDING FOR THEIR OWN WELFARE AND IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY PROPOSED THAT A CONTRIBUTORY SOCIAL INSURANCE SCHEME ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS MIGHT NOW BE EXPLORED.
+PUBLIC RESPONSE INDICATES A WIDE MEASURE OF SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THE SCRT PROPOSED IN THE GREEN PAPER, EUT THERE IS SOME DIVERGENCE OF VIEW ON THE BEST MEANS OF PROVIDIN€ 300 COVERAGE,+ MR. HO SAID. THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW EXAMINING THE VARICUS CPTIONS AVAILABLE BEFCRE PROCEEDING FURTHER.
VILLAGES IN DANGER OF BECOMING RURAL SLUMS, SAYS DISTRICT OFFICER ******
ANY OF THE TRADITIONAL PICTURESQUE VILLAGES IN THE NE TERRITORIES ARE IN DANGER CF BECOMING INSALUERIOUS RURAL SLUMS, THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. MICHAEL CARTLAND ..ARNED TODAY.
THERE WERE MARY FACTORS WHICH HAVE LED TO THIS SITUATION, HE SAID, NOT LEAST AMONG THEM WAS THE NATURAL DESIRE CF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE → THE LANDOWNERS - TO MAKE THE BEST ECONOMIC USE OF THEIR LAND.
+AS AFFLUENCE GROWS IN THE UREAN AREAS, PEOPLE LOCK TO THE RURAL AREAS FOR COUNTRY HOUSES AND DEVELOPERS ARE PREPARED TO OFFER A BETTER RETURN THAN COULD BE CETAINED FROM AGRICULTURE,+ HE SAID AT THE MEETING OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ROTARY CLUE.
+FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS ARE BEING CLEARED FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWNS AND THE OPERATORS ARE PREPARED TO PAY WELL TO RE-ESTABLISH OF AGRICULTURAL LAND.
+THESE FORCES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO RESIST. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES ARE GOING UP AS FAST, IF NOT FASTER, THAN THEY CAN BE DEMOLISHED.
+CHE HAS ONLY TO TAKE AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SO-CALLED RURAL AREAS I YUEN LONE DISTRICT TO SEE THAT MANY OF THE ARE ALREADY
IN ALFOST ENTIRELY COVERED OVER.+
MR. CARTLAND POINTED CUT THAT HILE AGRICULTURE WOULD HAVE A PLACE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES FOR SOME YEARS TO COME, MUCH AGRICULTURAL LAND WAS NOW LYING FALLO. AND MUCH MORE WAS BEING PUT TO OTHER USES.
/HE SAID