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"DESPITE THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES OFFERED TO THEM, THERE ARE STILL SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALLS," HE SAID.
REGARDING OTHER DISABILITY GROUPS INCLUDING THE MENTALLY ILL, MR WONG SAID THERE WERE VARIOUS CHARITABLE FUNDS AND ORGANISATIONS ΤΟ WHICH THEY COULD TURN TO COMPLEMENT THE GOVERNMENT'S REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN.
HOWEVER, HE AGREED THAT THE RESOURCES OF THE FOUNDATION SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER REGULAR REVIEW.
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IN THE EVENT THAT THE FOUNDATION HAS ACCUMULATED A SURPLUS OF INCOME WHICH IT CANNOT MEANINGFULLY SPEND, CONSIDERATION MAY THEN BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE FOUNDATION ΤΟ COVER OTHER DISABILITY GROUPS, HE SAID.
SUGGESTIONS ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE FOUNDATION WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL WAS SET UP, HE ADDED.
REFERRING TO A POINT RAISED BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, MR WONG SAID THE INTENTION WAS THAT THE FOUNDATION SHOULD LIAISE CLOSELY WITH THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OVERLAP BETWEEN WHAT WAS FUNDED FROM GENERAL REVENUE AND THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION SHOULD COVER OTHER GROUPS OF DISABLED
THE USE OF THE RESOURCES OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW SO THAT, WHERE POSSIBLE, THE SCOPE OF THE FOUNDATION COULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER THE NEEDS OF OTHER GROUPS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED BILL 1988, DR IP SUGGESTED THAT MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL OF THE FOUNDATION SHOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND THE MULTIPLE HANDICAPPED AS WELL AS PARENTS OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
/SHE NOTED
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