WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991
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SOCIAL WELFARE WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PUBLISHED A WHITE
STRATEGIES OUT
AND SETTING
ITS POLICIES WELFARE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND.
PAPER ON
FOR THE
HEALTH AND DEMONSTRATED THE MORE CARING
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THE SECRETARY FOR WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID THE WHITE PAPER
STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE BUILDING UP OF A GOVERNMENT'S
COMMUNITY.
PAPER
MRS WONG CHAIRED A WORKING PARTY WHICH PUBLISHED A DRAFT
TOTAL 1990 FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION. A IN SEPTEMBER
MET ON RECEIVED WERE
AND THE WORKING PARTY SUBMISSIONS
OF THE OCCASIONS ΤΟ RE-EXAMINE ITS PROPOSALS IN THE LIGHT
COUNCIL, LEGISLATIVE COMMENTS AND VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THE BOARDS AND A WIDE RANGE OF SEMINARS.
PRESENT
WHITE
OF 237 SEVERAL
WRITTEN
DISTRICT
SYSTEM
OF
WAS "IT
GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICES WAS BUILT ON SOUND AND ACCEPTABLE FOUNDATIONS BUT THAT IMPROVEMENTS AND INNOVATION WOULD BE NEEDED TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS SHE SAID, AND EXPECTATIONS OF OUR SOCIETY IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND, SUMMARISING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
"
AGREED
THAT THE STATED
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PHILOSOPHY
AND
IT WAS GENERALLY
WELFARE SERVICES DIRECTIONS PROPOSED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WERE ACCEPTABLE BUT CONCERN WAS RAISED ABOUT THE VAGUENESS OF PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND THE APPARENT LACK OF COMMITMENT TO SHE ADDED.
FUNDING,
MRS WONG SAID THE WHITE PAPER NOW INCLUDED SCHEDULE AND AN ESTIMATE OF THE COSTS INVOLVED.
AN
IMPLEMENTATION
"IT 18 ESTIMATED THAT THE RECURRENT EXPENDITURE FOR THE SERVICE BILLION PROGRAMMES REVIEWED IN THE WHITE PAPER WILL AMOUNT TO SOME $5
IN 1999/2000," IN 1991/92,
ANNOUNCED.
TO RISING
MORE THAN
BILLION $7
SHE
REPORT THE WHITE PAPER DIFFERS FROM THE WORKING PARTY'S DRAFT
THE COMMENTS MADE IN SEVERAL OTHER RESPECTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT DURING THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE.
POSSIBILITIES
MRS WONG OF
TO CONCERN IN SAID THAT
RESPONSE FEE-CHARGING, IT HAD BEEN DECIDED
ABOUT THE THAT A WORKING
PARTY OF GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES WOULD BE FORMED TO STUDY FURTHER HOW THIS CONCEPT MIGHT BE DEVELOPED.
THERE WAS ALSO A STRONG CALL FOR THE WHITE PAPER TO ADDRESS THE FOR CONSEQUENCES OF AN AGING POPULATION ON THE PROVISION OF SERVICES THE ELDERLY.
TERMS PAPER,
1+
OF
+
RETIREMENT PROVISION FOR THE ELDERLY DID NOT FALL WITHIN
OF THE REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY OR THE SCOPE MRS WONG POINTED OUT.
THE
WHITE
/"HOWEVER, THE
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