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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1989
MEDIA URGED TO REFLECT MORE PUBLIC VIEWS
SOCIAL THE DIRECTOR OF
WELFARE. MRS
WONG,
TODAY
ELIZABETH COVERAGE AND AIR TIME (SUNDAY) URGED THE MASS MEDIA TO ACCORD MORE TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT PEOPLE COULD VOICE THEIR VIEWS AND CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG'S DEVELOPMENT.
COMMENCEMENT OF A ELDERLY ORGANISED BY THE
SHE WAS SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE SERIES OF CONCERN VISITS TO HOMES FOR THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS CHARITABLE FUND ASSOCIATION.
IN MRS WONG NOTED THAT SINCE THE LATE 1960'S, WELFARE SERVICES
EXPANDING AND THE AND IMPROVING BEEN CONTINUOUSLY HONG KONG HAD GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO LAUNCHED A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES TO PROMOTE THEM.
WIDELY NEVERTHELESS, SUPPORT FROM THE MASS MEDIA WAS NEEDED TO
NEED WOULD UNDERSTAND PUBLICISE THESE SERVICES SO THAT RESIDENTS IN THEIR RIGHTS AND THE CHANNELS FOR GETTING ASSISTANCE, SHE SAID.
AS
DEVELOPED, SOCIETY
ON SOCIAL
AFFAIRS
MORE
IMPORTANCE AND THE MASS
SHE POINTED OUT THAT HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO NEWS REPORTS MEDIA HAD CARRIED MORE IN-DEPTH REPORTS ON AFFAIRS WHICH HAD A BEARING ON RESIDENTS' LIVELIHOOD.
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HELP
IN RECENT YEARS, MANY PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA HAD SOCIAL SERVICE PAGES, HOTLINES AND ENQUIRY SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC
EVEN SOME VOICE THIER RESIDENTS IN NEED, SHE SAID.
VIEWS.
SET
UP
CHARITABLE
INVESTIGATIVE ALSO, SOME MEDIA PUBLISHED
DEPARTMENTS
THAT THE
OVER-LOOKED ISSUES SO TIMELY ACTION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, SHE ADDED.
REPORTS ON VARIOUS
COULD CONCERNED
TAKE
MEDIA, THEIR COMMENTS AND
"WHILE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE MASS
TO IMPORTANCE GREAT GOVERNMENT
ATTACHES
THE REPORTS.
"IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S
POLICY
TO
TO RESPONSE BE TAKRY INTO
PROMPT GIVE MEDIA COMMENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE AND THESE VIEWS WILL CONSIDERATION WHEN DRAWING UP POLICIES.
"IN FACT, MANY GOVERNMENT POLICIES HAVE BEEN AMENDED
SHE ADDED. CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS FROM THE MASS MEDIA,
ORIENTAL
FOLLOWING
FUND
DAILY
CHARITABLE NEWS MRS WONG COMMENDED THE
WERE IN URGENT ASSOCIATION FOR HAVING HELPED NUMEROUS RESIDENTS WHO NEED.
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