WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992
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"THE
ANNUALLY RECURRENT
QUANTIFIABLE
COST OF THE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS IS ESTIMATED TO BE $600
SAID.
CONCRETE AND MILLION, SHE
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"AS REGARDS THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO ESTIMATE THEIR COST.
DEALING WITH
"SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE THOSE EMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND THE ACCESS AND TRANSPORT NEEDS OF THE DISABLED, HAVE YET TO BE PRECISELY DEFINED.'
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MRS WONG ALSO NOTED THAT GOVERNMENT HAS BUDGETED FOR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING SERVICES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AT AN ADDITIONAL RECURRENT COST OF $140 MILLION, AND EXPECTS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS PACE OF EXPANSION THEREAFTER, REACHING ABOUT $350 MILLION IN 2001-2002.
ON THIS BASIS, THE EXISTING SHORTFALLS IN SOCIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES WILL BE FULLY MET BUT NO DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE HAS BEEN DRAWN UP AS MUCH WILL DEPEND ON THE VIEWS EXFRESSED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE RELATIVE PRIORITIES OF VARIOUS SERVICES.
COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER ARE AVAILABLE FROM DISTRICT OFFICES, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SUB- OFFICES.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO SEND THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING TO THE REHABILITATION DIVISION, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT,
P.0. BOX 25666, HARBOUR BUILDING POST OFFICE, HONG KONG, BEFORE JUNE 10 THIS YEAR.
EARLIER WHEN TABLING THE GREEN PAPER AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON, MRS WONG PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY WHO WERE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO CONSIDER HOW SERVICES SHOULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPED.
REHABILITATION
"THE GREEN PAPER HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF A TRUE THOUGHTS, OF VISION AND OF A SHARED CONVICTION.
COALITION OF
"HERE I RECORD MY THANKS FOR
"
THEIR TIME AND
PARTICIPATION,'
SHE SAID.
PUBLIC LAND AUCTION ON FRIDAY
FIVE LOTS OF GOVERNMENT LAND WILL BE OFFERED PUBLIC AUCTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE AND LANDS DEPARTMENT ON FRIDAY (MARCH 13).
THE AUCTION WILL BEGIN AT 2.30 PM,
FOR SALE IN A BY THE BUILDINGS
/THE FIRST
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