MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1987
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ATTENTION TO NEEDS OF OLD AND YOUNG URGED
INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AND HARDWORKING SOCIETY BROUGHT WITH IT SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DEFFERENT THOSE OF 40 YEARS AGO, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID (MONDAY) EVENING.
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SPEAKING AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, SIR DAVID SAID THE PROBLEMS THEN CONCERNED HOMELESS CHILDREN, GIRLS BEING FORCED INTO PROSTITUTION AND ADULTS BECOMING DESTITUTE OR TAKING TO CRIME.
THE NEED NOW, AS A RESULT OF IMPROVED MEDICAL TECHNIQUES AND CHANGES IN FAMILY SYSTEM, WAS TO PAY INCREASING ATTENTION ΤΟ THE PROBLEM OF THE ELDERLY.
"REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL, AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED INTO THE COMMUNITY ARE ALSO BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PRIORITIES AS WE WORK TOWARDS A SOCIETY WHERE EVERYONE'S BASIC NEEDS ARE MET AND WE MUST ENSURE THAT THEY ARK ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY ΤΟ THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT, HE SAID.
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ALTHOUGH THE FINANCIALLY
DESTITUTE WERE TODAY PROVIDED FOR THROUGH THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME, THE PROBLEM OF STREET SLEEPERS WAS STILL PRESENT.
"I HOPE THAT THE EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND BY OTHERS IN THIS, THE UNITED NATIONS YEAR OF SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS HELPING TO DEAL WITH THIS POCKET OF PUBLIC MISERY IN OUR OTHERWISE AFFLUENT SOCIETY, 申 SIR DAVID SAID.
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT WHILE A GREAT DEAL HAD BEEN ACHIEVED OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, THERE WAS STILL MUCH THAT COULD AND SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.
"WE MUST CONTINUE TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE OLD AND THE YOUNG, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO BECAUSE OF HANDICAP OR DELAYED DEVELOPMENT ARE UNABLE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
"WE MUST CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR EXISTING SERVICES, NECESSARY INTRODUCE NEW ONES,' HE SAID.
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HE ALSO POINTED OUT THE NEED TO RAISE THE QUALITY BEING PROVIDED AND TO USE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY.
WHILE ADMITTING THAT THE NEEDS MAY APPEAR LIMITLESS COMPARISON WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES, SIR DAVID SAID THAT GOVERNMENT WOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES.
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