THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1993
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STATEMENT ON EXTRA INJECTION INTO AIRPORT PROJECTS
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COMMENTING ON REPORTS THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TOLD A MEETING POINT DELEGATION THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS PLANNING TO INJECT MORE THAN $10 BILLION EXTRA EQUITY INTO AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID:
"THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, DID NOT REFER TO ANY FIGURES RELATING TO POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT EQUITY INJECTIONS INTO AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS WHEN HE MET A DELEGATION FROM MEETING POINT THIS AFTERNOON TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON SPENDING PRIORITIES FOR THE 1994/95 BUDGET.
MR FRED LI ASKED THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO CONFIRM MEDIA REPORTS THAT AN EXTRA $10 BILLION WAS TO BE INJECTED. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY DECLINED TO COMMENT ON ANY FIGURE.
THAT, IF THERE
WHAT MR MACLEOD DID SAY WAS TO REASSURE MR LI WERE TO BE ANY EXTRA INJECTION, IT WOULD COME FROM THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND AND THUS WOULD NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON EXPENDITURE; BUT HE DID NOT CONFIRM THAT THERE WOULD FUNDING, NOR DID HE MENTION ANY FIGURE.
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PUBLIC WORKS BE ANY EXTRA
HELP THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED: CS APPEALS
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REHABILITATION IS TO HELP DISABILITIES LEAD AN INDEPENDENT AND FULFILLING CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
PEOPLE WITH LIFE, THE
SPEAKING AT THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY AND OPEN DAY OF CARITAS LOK YI SCHOOL, SIR DAVID SAID THIS GOAL COULD BE ACHIEVED PRIMARILY THROUGH OPEN EMPLOYMENT,
HE
SAID THE
GOVERNMENT'S
SUFFICIENT ON THIS SCORE.
EFFORT WOULD
NEVER
BE
"COMMUNITY SUPPORT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. EMPLOYERS SHOULD TRY TO EMPLOY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, " HE SAID.
HE SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY COULD HELP THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED:
• TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES;
* TO TRY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM; AND
* TO BE INVOLVED IN THE DELIVERY OF REHABILITATION SERVICES.
"THE MORE WE INTERACT WITH THEM, THE MORE
WE BECOME
AWARE OF THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS AND ABILITIES, AND THE MORE WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM INTEGRATE INTO OUR COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
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