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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
AT PRESENT, THE THRUST OF OUR GENERAL POLICY
TOWARDS ELDERLY
MANY MEMBERS
PEOPLE IS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE IN THE CARE OF THE FAMILY AND AS SUGGESTED BY
END, HERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICE TO ENABLE THEM TO DO SO. TO THIS
CENTRE, SOCIAL CENTRE, THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HOME HELP, DAY CARE
IS SMALL
THERE IN
SHELTERED HOUSING AND MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES. HOWEVER, WHAT PROPORTION OF ABOUT FOUR PER CENT OF THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 60. IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL CARE. THIS WE DO TOO. VARIOUS FORMS FROM HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION, OLD-AGE HOMES TO MEAL PLACES, CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES, INFIRMARIES AND HOSPITAL CARE AND SO ON.
I ENTIRELY AGREE WITH HONOURABLE MEMBERS THAT OUR POLICIES NEED TO MEET TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN TO SEE IF THEY ARE INDEED APPROPRIATE
THE THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN. TO REVIEW OLD IS TO DISCOVER THE NEW. I SHALL INDEED CONVENE A REVAMPED CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE ON SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY CHAIRPERSON PURELY AND I AM OF COURSE TEMPTED TO PUT MYSELF AS THE
TO CHAIR THIS VERY IMPORTANT I THINK BECAUSE COMMITTEE.
I AM OLD
ENOUGH
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MISCONCEPTION
THE FORMER NOW CONTRARY TO SOME OF MEMBERS
WANT ΤΟ COMMITTEE DID NOT MEET FOR SOMETIME BECAUSE IT DID NOT CONFLICT WITH THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE WORKING PARTY ON SOCIAL WELFARE WHICH WAS CONSTITUTED TWO YEARS AGO TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL POLICY. BUT BE THE COMMITTEE AS I SAID WILL BE RECONVENED AND MEMBERS' VIEWS WILL
THE OPPORTUNITY WELCOME TAKEN ON
I WILL ALSO FURTHER BOARD.
ON THIS BECAUSE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE RESPECTED OMELCO PANELS MEMBERS HAVE QUITE RIGHTLY SAID, WE'VE GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.
FOR:
MENTIONED.
REFERENCE то THE
NOR WERE THEY
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC POINTS LET ME START BY DISPELLING THE IMPRESSION CREATED BY A THE NEW HOSTEL IN THE URBAN AREA FOR CAGED MEN. URBAN HOSTELS FOR ELDERLY SINGLE PEOPLE WERE NOT STARTED YESTERDAY. STARTED WITH THE SO-CALLED GAMBLING MONEY. CONTRARY TO THE IMPRESSION, PEOPLE, SINGLE FAMILY, THE PATCHES OF URBAN HOSTELS FOR THE AGED SINGLE PERSON, STARTED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. THEY INCLUDED HOUSING FOR ABLE-BODIED ELDERLY PERSONS, NOT HOUSING BUILT BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
TO MENTION
SHELTERED
SHELTERED
NUMBER OF
PEOPLE. EXPERTS IN PEOPLE. THE THE HOUSING
FURTHERMORE, BACK IN 1988, A WORKING GROUP MADE A RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AT THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY THIS IS A REPORT OF THE CRYSTALLISATION OF THE VIEWS OF
ELDERLY THIS FIELD CONCERNED WITH THE WELFARE OF THE SPEEDY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEREIN BY AUTHORITY IS EAGERLY AWAITED.
OF
LACK
THE HONOURABLE MR NG MING-YUM HAS STRONG ATTENTION TO THE
WILL BE RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY IN YUEN LONG. HE
PROVIDING FOR A PLEASE ΤΟ KNOW, MR DEPUTY PRESIDENT, THAT A HOME
IN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO ELDERLY PEOPLE WAS OPENED ONLY THIS MORNING LONG PING ESTATE, YUEN LONG BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE NEXT TO ME.
SITTING
ALONE
I THINK A LOT NEAR OUR
IT IS THE THIRD SUCH HOME THAT HE HAS OPENED THIS MONTH IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF HONG KONG. ALTHOUGH WE STILL HAVE TO ACHIEVE ALTHOUGH WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY WE ARE NOWHERE GOAL BUT WE ARE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS.
/AS REGARDS