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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990
SHE
BY ADDED THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE HAD BEEN ASSESSED SEVERAL WORKING PARTIES ON SEVERAL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS AND THE IN CONCLUSION REACHED HAD BEEN THAT COMPULSORY MEASURES, PARTICULARLY THE FORM OF A CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND OR OTHER CONTRIBUTORY SCHEMES, ON THE WOULD HAVE, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, A SERIOUSLY ADVERSE EFFECT ECONOMY.
FURTHERMORE, SHE SAID WHETHER OR NOT THERE EXISTED OTHER SCHEMES, THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND NEEDED THE PROTECTION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SAFETY
NET.
"OUR SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SUITS LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
"AS FAR AS SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM WITHIN MY PURVIEW IS CONCERNED, WE CONSIDER THAT WE SHOULD RETAIN OUR STRENGTH AND CONTINUE WITH THE SYSTEM AND DEVELOP IT FURTHER, SHE SAID.
NOT
"WHILST WE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO CHANGE, EQUALLY, IF
TO NECESSARY TO CHANGE, THEN IT IS NECESSARY NOT
CHANGE,
IT
IS
申申
SHE
REMARKED.
ON RENEWED CALLS BY MEMBERS ON RETIREMENT SCHEMES AND PROVIDENT FUNDS, MRS WONG SAID THEY WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SECRETARY
AND MANPOWER AND THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION
MONETARY AFFAIRS CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
FOR
FOR
AS REGARDS, THE QUESTION OF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR PENSIONS, WONG PROMISED TO GIVE IT EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.
MRS
OF THE EXCLUSION
DRAFT WHITE
COMMENTING ON MEMBERS' CONCERN ABOUT REHABILITATION SERVICES AND COMMUNITY BUILDING FROM THE PAPER, MRS WONG SAID SHE WOULD EMBARK ON THE TASK JUST ASSIGNED TO HER TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION BY 1992.
"THIS
SCOPE THE TIMELY NEW INITIATIVE WILL INCLUDE REVIEWING AND OBJECTIVES
VARIOUS OF THE
THE REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR DISABLED, EXPLORE THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK TO MEANS PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF DISABLED PERSONS AND CONSIDER WAYS AND THROUGH WHICH PARTICIPATION OF DISABLED PERSONS IN THE POLICY PROCESS CAN BE ENHANCED, SHE SAID.
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MAKING
AS REGARDS COMMUNITY
THAT THE BUILDING, MRS WONG STRESSED PROVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FELL WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF PURVIEW THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAMME AND THE POLICY OF SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS.
"COMMUNITY WORK HAS SINCE THE LAST DECADE PROGRESSED BEYOND 'WELFARE' AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT INCLUSION OF THIS IN THE DRAFT WHITE SHE EXPLAINED. PAPER COULD FRAGMENT THE COMMUNITY BUILDING PROGRAMME,
/MRS WONG