THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990
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REVIEW OF REHABILITATION POLICY AND SERVICES BEING PLANNED
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THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH IS AT PRESENT WORKING OUT THE MECHANISM AND TIMING FOR THE REVIEW OF REHABILITATION POLICY AND SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE GOVERNOR WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION, THE DEPUTY WELFARE, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SECRETARY
FOR HEALTH AND
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, OF THE MR FUNG SAID MUCH OF THE CONTENTS
EXISTING WHITE PAPER ON
YEARS
HAD REHABILITATION, WHICH WAS WRITTEN MORE THAN 10
AGO,
BEEN
OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS.
"IN ADDITION, THERE HAVE BEEN RADICAL CHANGES THE INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION SCENE AS TO HOW FAR ARE ABLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN THINKING ON DISABLED PEOPLE
THE POLICY WHETHER
"WE THINK THAT SUCH CHANGES SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN DOCUMENT, AND VIEWS SHOULD BE SOUGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS TO WE SHOULD FOLLOW THESE NEW LINES OF THINKING AND THUS TURN THE MORE TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF DEALING WITH THE DISABLED."
THE
GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED AT
THE OPENING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT A GREEN PAPER RECOMMENDING FOR THE POLICY ON ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN BE PREPARED.
AWAY FROM
THE
OF SESSION
THE WAY FORWARD THE 1990'S WOULD
BE
THE
GREEN PAPER WOULD MR FUNG SAID IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT THE DRAFTED BY A WORKING PARTY COMPRISING
FROM BOTH OFFICIALS DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AS WELL AS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF UNOFFICIALS.
"THE TASK WILL BE CENTRALLY
CO-ORDINATED
BY THE HEALTH AND
WELFARE BRANCH.
"THE WORKING PARTY WILL PROBABLY BE SET UP BEFORE MID-1991 WITH THE AIM OF ISSUING A GREEN PAPER IN 1992 FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION, HE SAID.
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HONG KONG AIDS FOUNDATION TO BE SET UP
AS THE
HONG KONG AIDS OF NEXT YEAR
TO
A NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION, KNOWN FOUNDATION, IS EXPECTED TO BE SET UP BY THE MIDDLE COMPLEMENT GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS AGAINST AIDS.
A PROPOSAL TO THIS EFFECT WAS ENDORSED ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AIDS (ACA) TODAY (THURSDAY).
AT
A MEETING OF
THE
/SPEAKING AT