THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1989
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MRS WONG SAID THAT
EXPENDITURE WENT
MORE
RECURRENT REHABILITATION AS WELL AS FAMILY WELFARE, AND THE FIRST HAD ENJOYED A SHARP RISE IN PRIORITIES.
ON
THAN 85
YOUNG
PER CENT OF
PRESENT THE
AND THE ELDERLY. PEOPLE,
THREE FIELDS
++ THIS SHIFT IN EMPHASIS HAS BEEN NECESSARY LONGER SATISFIED WITH BASIC SERVICES.
"DEMANDS
FOR
SOCIAL
WELFARE SERVICES
AS THE PUBLIC 138 NO
HAVE
BECOME MORE
SOPHISTICATED, MATCHING THE DEVELOPMENTS OF SOCIETY ITSELI." SHE SAID.
"WE NEED TO SET OUR
ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. MRS WONG COMMENTED: SIGHTS HIGH, OUR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL AND OUR FEET ON THE GROUND.
VISION TO THE "IN THE YEARS AHEAD, WE WILL NOT ONLY CAST OUR
AND AHEAD BUT ALSO YEARS
RE-EXAMINE OUR PRIORITIES CRITICALLY
WELFARE SERVICES STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL OF OUR SOCIAL REMAINS IN TUNE WITH THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG'S SOCIETY."
GOVT DECIDES NO CHARGE FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES
THAT, AS
CHARGE PRESENT, AT
NO THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED
INCLUDING NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES, AMBULANCE SHOULD BE LEVIED FOR
AMBULANCE REMOVALS, AFTER CONSIDERING THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE SERVICE REVIEW STEERING GROUP.
THE
OF AMBULANCE WHEN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE REVIEW SERVICES IN 1987, IT ADVISED THE REVIEW STEERING GROUP TO EXAMINE FEASIBILITY OF CHARGING FOR NON-EMERGENCY REMOVALS AND TO REPORT BACK, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE REVIEW STEERING GROUP HAS ABUSE AND MISUSE OF AMBULANCE SERVICES,
ON NON-EMERGENCY TO COLLECT STATISTICS INVOLVING HOMES FOR THE AGED AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL SAID.
EXAMINED THE
OF THE QUESTION
THREE SURVEYS CONDUCTED AND
ESPECIALLY REMOVALS,
THOSE HE ESTABLISHMENTS,
THE
THE EXAMINED HAVING ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST CHARGING, CONCLUDED THAT NO CHARGE SHOULD INCLUDING NON-EMERGENCY REMOVALS.
GROUP STEERING DEPARTMENT SHOULD SERVICES AMBULANCES, AND TO DRAW UP
BE
PRESENT AMBULANCE THE REVIEW LEVIED FOR
SERVICES STEERING AMBULANCE
AND THE GROUP HAS
SERVICES,
SUGGESTED
MONITOR THE CONTINUE
FOR GUIDELINES ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF AND SOCIAL WORKERS FOR REMOVALS,
HAS FURTHER
THAT THE FIRE
ΤΟ
MISUSE
OF
AMBULANCE NON-EMERGENCY
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