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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
MR LEE ENDED HIS STATEMENT BY ASSURING HONG KONG PEOPLE THAT OMELCO WOULD CONTINUE TO DO ITS UTMOST TO SEEK THE RESTORATION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE'S BIRTHRIGHT,
"IN THE MEANTIME, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, HONG KONG HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM BEING MERELY A FISHING PORT TO BECOMING A WORLD FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL CITY. THIS IS OUR HOME. A HOME THAT WE HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO IN BUILDING AND IT IS WHERE WE WANT TO STAY, HE SAID.
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IMPORTANCE OF UPHOLDING TRADITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES STRESSED
NIGEL
THE
AND
THE WELFARE,
HON THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH SHIPMAN. TODAY (WEDNESDAY) UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF UPHOLDING COMMUNITY'S TRADITIONAL AND RESPONSIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHILDREN.
TRADITIONALLY FELT "IN HONG KONG WE HAVE
A GREAT SENSE OF PARENTS WE ARE WILLING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND AS
WITH A PROMISING FUTURE. MAKE GREAT SACRIFICES TO PROVIDE THEM MUST ENSURE THAT THIS ATTITUDE WILL NOT BE ERODED BY THE PRESSURES A MODERN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, HE SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
ΤΟ
WE
OF
CHILDREN IN HONG CHILDREN WERE
SPEAKING IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON WELFARE OF KONG, MR SHIPMAN STRESSED THE RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
THIS
"TO RAISE A CHILD IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY
PARENTS IN HONG KONG TAKE WITH WHICH WE ARE ENTRUSTED. MOST RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND COPE WELL WITH ITS DEMANDS,
MR SHIPMAN
SAID.
IT COMBINES
WITH FINE CHILDREN
TRADITIONAL MODERN
"HONG KONG IS FORTUNATE IN THAT
TO CHINESE
WELL-BROUGHT-UP ATTACHMENT FACILITIES IN THE MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE FIELDS.
"THERE ARE HOWEVER
HAVE
SHORTFALLS, AND DEFICIENCIES IN SEVERAL
OUT POINTED
AND WE MUST AREAS AS MEMBERS
OUR SERVICES KEEP ABREAST WITH EVOLVING NEEDS," HE SAID.
ENSURE
THAT
MR
SHIPMAN
NOTED THE
POINTS MADE
MEMBERS BY
REGARDING
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE
THE CHILD MARCH 8 THIS YEAR THAT A DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF SHOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
T
THIS
TOWARDS AND
KINGDOM,
"
CONSIDER IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE ASSEMBLY WILL
IF
WILL THE END OF THE YEAR.
ADOPTED, IT
SIGNATURE OPEN FOR RATIFICATION BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE UN, INCLUDING THE UNITED
HE SAID.
"AT PRESENT