WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1992
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ALTERNATIVES TO PRINTED TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES WILL BE CONSIDERED
OF
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER SYMPATHETICALLY PROPOSALS FROM THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COST-EFFECTIVE, CUSTOMER-ORIENTED ALTERNATIVES TO REDUCE FURTHER DEMAND FOR PRINTED TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE ACTING SECRETARY ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS
REPLY ELIZABETH BOSHER, IN A WRITTEN QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE
FOR
TO A
"WHILST AS AN ELEMENT IN
ENCOURAGES THE RECYCLE TO
OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY TO REDUCE USE OF AND, WHERE
POLICY TO PAPER, IT IS NOT PRESENT
TARGET
POLICY
GOVERNMENT PRACTICAL, SPECIFIC PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES," MRS BOSHER SAID.
NOT MAINTAIN RECORDS OF THE NUMBER OF
DISTRIBUTED BY THE
THE
GOVERNMENT
DOES
PRINTED DIRECTORIES TELEPHONE TELEPHONE COMPANY LTD.
OR
HONG
KONG
"HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THAT DEMAND FOR PRINTED TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES IS ON THE DECLINE, SHE SAID.
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MRS BOSHER SAID TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES HAD LONG BEEN AN INTEGRAL TELEPHONE PART OF THE PUBLIC TELEPHONIC SERVICE PROVIDED BY HONG KONG COMPANY UNDER ITS EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE.
WOULD IN
ΤΟ PRESS THE COMPANY TO CEASE PROVIDING DIRECTORIES THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE OVERALL TELECOMS POLICY
OF ENSURING OBJECTIVE
RANGE THAT THE WIDEST POSSIBLE
REASONABLE CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AT BOSHER ADDED.
OF SERVICES
COST,
MRS
NO PLANS TO SCRAP ABSENCE RULES FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS
ALLOW
* * *
WITH
AND
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY THE NEW 180 DAYS OF PERMITTED ABSENCE
TO PEOPLE
SPEND MORE ELDERLY
TIME RECIPIENTS WOULD RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OUTSIDE HONG KONG, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID.
ANY ELDERLY HOWEVER, IF THE ABSENCE RULE WAS TO BE ABOLISHED,
WOULD RECEIVE SOCIAL PERSON WHO
THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FULFILS
HE IS SETTLED SECURITY PAYMENTS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE EVEN IF PERMANENTLY ELSEWHERE, SHE SAID.
"THIS WOULD CREATE A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL BURDEN TO IN HONG KONG," SHE SAID.
THE
TAXPAYERS
IN SOCIAL FINANCED
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI-CHUNG
MRS WONG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY), LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECURITY SCHEMES IN HONG KONG WERE NON-CONTRIBUTORY AND WERE BY TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
"AS SUCH,