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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990
THE VIEWS COLLECTED WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE SUB-COMMITTER AND WORKING PARTY MEMBERS FROM THE OUTSET OF THEIR WORK FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ANd refereNCE.
MR WHITE ALSO TOLD DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THAT DURING THE DRAFTING STAGE OF THE WHITE PAPER, THE WORKING PARTY WOULD SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE COMPLETION OF ITS DELIBERATIONS ON EACH OF THE PROGRAMME AREAS.
"THE WORKING PARTY'S CONCLUSIONS ON EACH SPECIFIC PROGRAMME AREA WILL BE MADE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN RESPOND AND THE WORKING PARTY CAN THEREAFTER TAKE THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC INTO ACCOUNT IN FINALISING ITS PROPOSALS.
"RADIO PHONE-IN PROGRAMME AND PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE ARRANGED + TO ENCOURAGE THE EXPRESSION OF VIEWS BY THE PUBLIC ON THE WORKING PARTY'S PROPOSALS.
"THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE WILL BE A CONTINUOUS CONTINUE WELL INTO THE DRAFTING STAGE IN ABOUT MID-1990.
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"NEVERTHELESS, THE EXERCISE WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MODES OF CONSULTATION WILL BE KEPT IN SAID.
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MR WHITE EMPHASISED THAT IT WAS ALSO RELEVANT THAT WELFARE POLICY AS CURRENTLY ADOPTED HAD ITS GENESIS IN THREE PREVIOUS WHITE PAPERS, WHICH PROVIDED A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND.
IN ANSWERING QUESTION RAISED BY DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, MR WHITE SAID: "THERE MAY PERHAPS HAVE BEEN SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PURPOSE OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION DOCUMENT WHICH WAS PUBLISHED.
"THIS WAS DESIGNED TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO THE REVIEW AND THE PROPOSED WHITE PAPER, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A SYNOPSIS OF THE SERVICES CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED, AND TO SEEK VIEWS ON THE ADEQUACY OR OTHERWISE OF THESE.
"THE DOCUMENT DID NOT INDICATE POSSIBLE CHANGES OR NEW IDEAS BECAUSE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PRECONCEIVED VIEWS ON THIS MATTER AND IT IS FOR THE WORKING PARTY TO PROPOSE ANY SUCH IMPROVMENTS, MODIFICATIONS * ETC, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, OF COURSE, THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC.
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THE WORKING PARTY, WHICH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE DRAFTING THE WHITE PAPER, AIMS TO COMPLETE ITS TASK BY AUGUST/SEPTEMBER.
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