WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1991
MRS ON THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH REPORT, WONG POINTED
DOCUMENTS HAD BEEN OUT THAT SOME 40,000 CONSULTATIVE
AND DISTRIBUTED, INCLUDING A SYNOPSIS ON DENTAL SERVICES, TELEVISION RADIO API'S HAD INVITED COMMENTS.
HAVE
"BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH, ALL DISTRICT BOARDS WOULD, BEEN CONSULTED, WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS APART, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND PRINTED AND COMMENTS VIA MANY CHANNELS INCLUDING COMMENTS FROM THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
"SO WE HAVE HAD COMMENTS FROM ACROSS-THE-BOARD AND WE HAVE A CROSS SECTION OF VIEWS EXPRESSED TO US.
HAD
MEMBERS
HAD
MRS WONG
SOME SAID IT CAME AS A SURPRISE THAT ACTUALLY ASKED FOR THE CONSULTATION PERIOD TO BE EXTENDED.
FOR
OUR
YEARS. "FOR HONG KONG HAS BEEN LAGGING BEHIND FOR MANY ONCE WE ARE POISED TO GO FORWARD, AND YET WE ARE ASKED TO DRAG
FOR PRACTICABLE FEET. WE HAVE WAITED LONG, PERHAPS A BIT TOO LONG, PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE OUR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND SERVICES.
MRS WONG SAID WHILST SHE HAD AN OPEN MIND OVER THE APPROPRIATE CONSULTATION PERIOD, HOWEVER, SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE
LETHARGY SUBSTITUTE
FOR STRATEGY, OR TO CONSULTATION FOR THOROUGH DELIBERATION.
FOR
"NOW IS TIME
NOT ACTION. HURRIEDLY, BUT STEADILY, STEP-BY-STEP,"
MISTAKE
PROTRACTED
FUSSING, NOT RUSHING, SHE SAID.
NOT
PARTICIPATORY
MRS WONG CLARIFIED THAT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WAS A SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED THE INVOLVEMENT OF EVERYBODY, NOT JUST WALKS OP GOVERNMENT BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, PEOPLE FROM ALL
HEALTH EDUCATORS, POLITICIANS, THE
WORKERS. SOCIAL PROFESSIONALS, FAMILIES AND ABOVE ALL EACH AND EVERYONE OF US.
CARE, THE
LIFE,
TOP DOWN. "IT IS NOT SIMPLY FREE SERVICES DELIVERED FROM THE
DISEASE PREVENTION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, WITH ITS STRONG EMPHASIS ON AND HEALTH PROMOTION, IS INSEPARABLE FROM SELF-CARE, GOOD AND LIFE STYLE, FAMILY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION," SHE SAID.
HEALTHY
CONGRATULATORY
THE WORLD
THAT
HEALTH
MRS WONG TOLD MEMBERS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PLEASED TO NOTE SINCE THE
REPORT, PUBLICATION OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH MESSAGES
COME IN FROM A LOT OF PLACES, ORGANISATION AND OVERSEAS EXPERTS.
HAD
FROM
VISION AND ITS
MRS WONG SAID.
"HONG KONG HAS IN FACT BEEN PRAISED FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE,
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