MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1987
OUTLINING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S REHABILITATION SERVICES, MR HO SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT, AFTER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, PUBLISHED A WHITE PAPER IN 1977 SETTING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON REHABILITATION AND THE FUTURE DIRECTION, TASKS AND OBJECTIVES OF REHABILITATION SERVICES.
"THEREAFTER THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME ON REHABILITATION HAS DEVELOPED SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH REGULAR UPDATING, REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN WHICH COVERS A PLANNING PERIOD OF 10 YEARS ON A ROLL-ON BASIS, HE SAID.
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"A MAJOR REVIEW OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN 18 NOW UNDER WAY, HE ADDED.
MR HO ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE NON-GOVERNMENT VOLUNTARY SECTOR WHICH HAD CARRIED MUCH OF THE BURDEN OF REHABILITATION DURING THIS REMARKABLE PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT.
"THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IN THIS FIELD NEEDS TO BE STRESSED, FOR IT IS THEIR DEVOTION AND COMMITMENT WHICH ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF MANY OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE DISABLED,
" HE SAID.
HOWEVER, MR HO POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE INEVITABLY GAPS IN SERVICES AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR HAD MUCH To PUT IN HAND IN THE YEARS TO COME.
"DEMAND HAS INCREASED AND IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION AND ITS DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, CHANGING DISEASE PATTERN OF THE POPULATION, HIGHER ASPIRATION FOR QUALITY OF SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE GROWING AFFLUENCE OF HONG KONG, AND BECAUSE MORE DISABLED PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP, ADVICE AND SERVICES," HE SAID.
2ND QUARTER CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS RELEASED
THE TOTAL GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY ALL CONTRACTORS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 AMOUNTED TO $11,941 MILLION, WHICH WAS 1.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 26.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1986, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING ERECTED BUILDINGS AND IN THE SECOND QUARTER LOWER THAN THE CENT THE SAME QUARTER OF
CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN WORK CARRIED OUT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, STRUCTURES, AND AT OTHER MINOR WORK LOCATIONS) OF 1987 WAS $7,403 MILLION, WHICH WAS 1.0 PER PREVIOUS QUARTER BUT 21.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN 1986. THIS GAVE AN INDEX OF 112.4. THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF 1982 WAB TAKEN AS 100 FOR THE INDEX.
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