MUTUAL HELP GROUPS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993.
ENOUGH.
SOCIAL OPERATE IN
FAMILIES FAMILY
OUR
THE PROVISION OF SERVICES BY GOVERNMENT ALONE IS NEVER A COMMUNITY NEEDS TO DEVELOP NEIGHBOURLINESS AND MUTUAL HELP.
THEY SHOULD ARE PART OF CHINESE CULTURE AND NETWORKS
MUTUAL HELP THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS DIFFERENT STRATA OF OUR SOCIETY.
OF TYPES IS A
IMPORTANT FORM OF ASSISTANCE TO MANY VERY INCLUDING SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES WHOSE SUPPORT FROM WITHIN THE MAY BE LACKING AND SOME SORT OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED. POLICY THEREFORE IS TO ENCOURAGE FORMATION OF MUTUAL HELP GROUPS. FAR, ABOUT 100 MUTUAL HELP GROUP ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED IN THE PAST YEAR AT DISTRICT LEVEL TO PROVIDE A NETWORK OF CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND SHARING FOR NEEDY FAMILIES, MANY OF THESE GROUP ACTIVITIES HAVE DEVELOPED INTO INFORMAL MUTUAL HELP GROUPS WHICH OFFER ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF TEMPORARY CHILD CARE AND HOME HELP TO EACH OTHER IN OF EMERGENCIES,
SO
CASES
AS
HONOURABLE MEMBERS ARE AWARE THAT 1994 HAS BEEN BY THE UNITED NATIONS AS THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE
EDUCATION WILL STEP UP PUBLICITY AND THE FAMILY LIFE
DESIGNATED
FAMILY. PROGRAMME то
WE
FAMILIES AND
PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE NEEDS OF SINGLE PARENT ACCEPTANCE OF THESE FAMILIES. WE NEED COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO AMELIORATE THE PROBLEMS FACING SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES.
FAMILY WELFARE POLICY
IN CLOSING, I MUST REITERATE THAT WE HAVE A WELL-DEFINED FAMILY PARENT FAMILIES. WELFARE POLICY WHICH EMBRACES THE NEEDS OF SINGLE
OF SERVICES AND THIS POLICY IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A WIDE NETWORK
NON- ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND
THEY WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER IN THE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS. COORDINATION
FOR AND
THE IN REVIEWING
ADEQUACY OF SERVICES FAMILIES. I DO
WORKING GROUP NOT SEE THE NEED FOR A SEPARATE REVIEW AND LOOK INTO THE MEASURES AND SERVICES NEEDED BY SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES. WHERE THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS, THEY CAN BE TACKLED UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM.
OF
FURTHERMORE, IT
IS INAPPROPRIATE TO SEGREGATE FAMILIES FROM OTHER TYPES OF FAMILIES IN OUR PROVISION
SO, WE WILL UNDULY LABEL SINGLE IN DOING
PARENT SHOULD ASSISTANCE
BE PROBLEMATIC.
BASED ON NEEDS DETERMINED BY THE COMPOSITION OR STRUCTURE OF A FAMILY.
SINGLE
ΤΟ
PARENT
OF SERVICES. FAMILIES AS RATHER THAN
CONSTANTLY SINGLE
TO KEEP PARENT FAMILIES.
OUR FAMILY WELFARE SERVICES ARE REVIEWED
UP WITH CHANGING NEEDS WHICH
IMPROVEMENT TO OUR FAMILY
AND INCLUDE
DEVELOPED
THOSE OF
WELFARE
WILL BENEFIT ALL FAMILIES. WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF A CARING TO DEVELOP THEM.
SERVICES COMMUNITY
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
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