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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989
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TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO MANY SOCIALLY RELEVANT QUESTIONS: HOW HEALTHY ARE WE? HOW EDUCATED? HOW ADEQUATE IS OUR HOUSING? WHAT IS THE CRIME SITUATION? ETC.;
TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL POLICIES; AND
TO GIVE WARNING OF CERTAIN SOCIAL PROBLEMS, E.G. DRUG ADDICTION.
HE SAID THE SOCIAL STATISTICS AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG WERE BROADLY IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE AND WERE PUBLISHED REGULARLY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. REFERENCE MIGHT BE MADE IN PARTICULAR TO THE "HONG KONG SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS" AND THE "HONG KONG ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS"
AREAS:
SIR PIERS SAID THE SOCIAL
STATISTICS COVERED THE FOLLOWING
POPULATION COMPOSITION AND CHANGE: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES, MARITAL STATUS AND FERTILITY: HOUSING: HEALTH CONDITIONS AND HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES; THE LABOUR FORCE; INCOME AND CONSUMPTION: SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE SERVICES; AND PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY.
MID-LEVELS ESCALATOR PROJECT COULD START IN 1990
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG. TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE PLANNED TO SEEK FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTING THE HILLSIDE ESCALATOR LINKING THE MID-LEVELS WITH CENTRAL EARLY NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO START CONSTRUCTION IN MID-1990.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SO CHAU YIM-PING, MR LEUNG SAID THE PROJECT WOULD BE DUE FOR COMPLETION BY MID-1992, ABOUT SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF THE ORIGINAL TIMETABLE.
HE ADDED THAT THIS TIMING WOULD DEPEND ON THE NUMBER AND NATURE OF OBJECTIONS TO THE SCHEME, INCLUDING LAND RESUMPTION. AFTER IT WAS GAZETTED SHORTLY
HOW SOON SUCH OBJECTIONS COULD BE
RESOLVED.
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