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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
COMPREHENSIVE CHILD CARE POLICY NEEDED
THE GOVERNMENT
WAS
URGED
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY}
A
TO MAP CO-ORDINATED
OUT A APPROACH
COMPREHENSIVE CHILD CARE POLICY AND TO TAKE
TOWARDS THE PROVISION AND MONITORING OF CHILD CARE SERVICES.
THE
HUI HON
YIN-FAT
FOR CALLED
THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN MOVING A MOTION ON THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN HONG KONG.
URGES THE THE RIGHTS
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY THE WORDING OF HIS MOTION WAS: "TO MARK
OF THE CHILD, THIS COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION ON PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN IN HONG KONG."
OF THE
YEAR ALSO WITNESSED LEADING OFF THE DEBATE, MR HUI SAID THIS THE COMPLETION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS CHILD LAUNCHED IN 1979.
RIGHTS GEARED
INTERNATIONAL
"THE CONVENTION, CONTAINING STATEMENTS ON HUMAN
IS DESIGNED TO LAY DOWN TO THE NEEDS OF THE CHILD, STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDERN ALL OVER THE WORLD," HE SAID.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DEBATE, A CHILD WAS DEFINED AS A AGED UNDER 18.
PROTECTION
PERSON
THAT LEGISLATION SHOULD TO CHILDREN AGAINST PARENTAL
AMONG OTHER THINGS, MR HUI SUGGESTED BE STREAMLINED TO GIVE NEGLECT AND ABUSE.
IN THIS RESPECT, THERE WAS A NEED TO REVIEW THE
TO INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE "CHILD ABUSE" IN LAW CLEARER IDENTIFICATION OF CHILD MALTREATMENT, HE SAID.
DEFINITION OF AND TO GIVE
OF SIGNATORY
THE UNITED MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN AND
MOREOVER, HONG KONG SHOULD BECOME A NATIONS CONVENTION AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PUBLICISE THIS INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DOCUMENT IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.
ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS HE HOPED THE GOVERNMENT WOULD
SERVICES CARE CONCERNING THE NEEDS FOR CHILD NON-INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OF ACCEPTABLE COUNCILLORS IN THE DEBATE.
"COMMUNITY
STANDARDS,
AS WOULD
BE
PARTICIPATION
IS
INDISPENSABLE
THEIR TO
ON BASED
AN ADEQUATE SUPPORT OUTLINED BY THE
FOR
CREATING A
PROPER GROWTH
AND CULTURAL AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT THAT MEETS THE SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL
CHILDREN AND IS CONDUCIVE NEEDS OF
DEVELOPMENT, "MR HUI NOTED,
ONLY LIP SERVICES MAINLY
HE CRITICISED THE GOVERNMENT FOR PAYING SIMPLY PROVIDING RESIDUAL CHILD CARE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE LEAST ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES.
SERVICE BY FOR PROBLEM
/WITHOUT A
F
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