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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984
+MAY I URGE THAT PROGRESS OF THIS LEGISLATION BE EXPEDITED AND THAT ALL FUTURE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE CODE OF PRACTICE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO ARE LESS ABLE TO COPE WITH DESIGN DEFICIENCIES WHICH PRESENT PHYSICAL OBSTACLES?+ HE SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IN HIS ADDRESS THAT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE HANDICAPPED, IN PARTICULAR THE MENTALLY ILL, WOULD BE STEPPED UP.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN REHABILITATION WILL BE GIVEN ADEQUATE FUNDS IN ORDER TO DISCHARGE THESE DUTIES EFFECTIVELY, + DR FANG SAID.
HE WELCOMED +WHOLE HEARTEDLY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE REVIEW OF MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED IN HOSPITALS, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF CONSULTANTS TO EXAMINE HOW BEST TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOSPITALS TO ENABLE THEM TO COPE MORE EFFECTIVELY.
DR FANG, WHO WAS AWAY ON AN INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION CONFERENCE DURING THE RECENT TWO-DAY LEGCO MEETING WHICH DEBATED A MOTION ENDORSING THE SINO-BRITISH DRAFT AGREEMENT, SAID THE AGREEMENT WAS THE BEST DEAL HONG KONG COULD POSSIBLY EXPECT.
BUT HE HOPED THAT WITH ITS RATIFICATION, HONG KONG BRITISH SUBJECTS WHO MAY NOT WISH TO STAY PERMANENTLY IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997 WOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
+AN ASSURANCE THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM WOULD ALWAYS LOOK SYMPATHETICALLY ON SUCH APPLICATIONS WOULD DO MUCH TO DISPEL THE IMPRESSION THAT WE ARE BEING ABANDONED,+ DR FANG SAID.
TDC PRAISED FOR EFFORTS ***
THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WAS PRAISED FOR ITS EFFORTS TODAY BY THE HON FRANCIS TIEN.
+ SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR TIEN SAID, THE TDC WAS AN INSTRUMENT GREATLY RESPECTED AS A GENERATOR OF TRADE INFORMATION.
+ITS TRACK RECORD IS UNDOUBTED AND ITS REPUTATION IN THE HONG KONG BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS HIGH.+
ITS ACTIVITIES WERE SEEN AS ESSENTIAL TO AN EXPANSION OF TRADE ACTIVITIES.
/+YET, WHILE