MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1993
ON TELEVISION CENSORSHIP, MRS CARTLAND SAID THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE MORE DISADVANTAGES THAN ADVANTAGES IN PRESCRIBING TO THE BROADCASTERS WHAT PROGRAMMES AND WHAT PROGRAMME TYPES TO PUT ON.
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**I THINK THAT ALL THOSE WHO CHERISH FREEDOM OF AGREE," SHE ADDED.
SPEECH WOULD
BROADCASTERS
MRS CARTLAND STRESSED THAT THE GOODWILL OF THE MUST BE RELIED ON TO USE THEIR IMAGINATIONS AND NOT JUST TO PRODUCE THE SAME OLD THING IN EVER SHINIER PACKAGES.
“HONG KONG AND ASIA ARE THE NEW WORLD OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE DAWN OF THE NEXT MILLENNIUM SO LET US DO SOMETHING NEW AND WORTHWHILE IN THE FIELD OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING, SHE ADDED.
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SWD'S PRIORITIES ON DIRECT SERVICES IN 1994
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, TODAY (MONDAY) SAID HE WOULD REGARD DIRECT SERVICE AS HIS MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE COMING YEAR AS IT WOULD BENEFIT MORE PEOPLE.
WHETHER OR NOT ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY COULD BE AVAILABLE WAS A MATTER FOR THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN HIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
MR STRACHAN WAS RESPONDING CHILDREN ALLOWANCE ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
UNDER THE NEW
TO PROPOSALS ΤΟ INCREASE THE COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY
MR STRACHAN SAID $5 BILLION WOULD BE SPENT THIS YEAR ON SOCIAL SECURITY, MAKING UP FOUR PER CENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ENTIRE BUDGET.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN 1993/94, TWICE IN APRIL AND JULY RESPECTIVELY, WITH LIVING COSTS ADJUSTMENTS OF NINE PER CENT AND INTRODUCTION OF COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE SCHEME (CSSA) WITH REAL IMPROVEMENT RANGING FROM FOUR TO 37 PER CENT.
HE SAID THUS HIS PRIORITIES FOR 1994 WERE DIRECT SERVICES, NOT SOCIAL SECURITY.
"HAVING MADE THOSE INCREASES LAST YEAR WE CAN HELP PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHO INDEED INCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY CUSTOMERS. WE WILL CONCENTRATE ON THE FAMILY ACTION PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SERVICES FOR THE PAMILY TO SERVE MEMBERS, OLD PEOPLE AND YOUNG CHILDREN ALIKE, HE SAID.
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MR STRACHAN SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL WORKERS WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES IN NEED AND SERVING THEIR MEMBERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF IMPROVED SERVICES IN CHILDREN CENTRES AND ELDERLY HOMES.
WHICH THE HONG
KONG
HE SAID A REPORT ON SOCIAL SECURITY COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE HAD ENGAGED THE CITY POLYTECHNIC TO PRODUCE WOULD BE COMPLETED IN A YEAR'S TIME.
/THE GOVERNMENT