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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1993
GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING
THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND HOME FOR THE BLIND
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GOVERNOR: GOOD MORNING. I AM EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE VISIT THE EBENEZER SCHOOL AND THE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY AND THIS CENTRE ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ONLY SUFFERING FROM SIGHT DISABILITY BUT
I'VE ARE HANDICAPPED IN OTHER WAYS. I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY WHAT SEEN THIS MORNING
MINISTER, AS
OFFICE IMPRESSED AS THE FOREIGN ALASTAIR GOODLAD, WAS WHEN HE CAME HERE RECENTLY. WE ARE, AS YOU KNOW,
KEEN TO DEVELOP EXTREMELY
IN HONG KONG THE FACILITIES, THE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DISABILITY AND WE DO THAT COUPLE OF REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY FAIR DO ALL WE CAN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DISABILITY, AND SECONDLY, WE DO IT IN NEED A BROADER COMMUNITY INTEREST. HONG KONG IS A SMALL COMMUNITY, WE
AVAILABLE IN OUR TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF ALL THE TALENTS THAT ARE
WHO SUFFER FROM COMMUNITY.
AS I'VE SEEN THIS MORNING, AND THOSE,
GOT DISABILITY ARE INVARIABLY EXTREMELY TALENTED IN OTHER WAYS. WE'VE
IN HONG KONG'S ΤΟ HELP
DEVELOP THAT POTENTIAL. IT'S GREATLY THEM
THE SERVICES, THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP INTEREST THEREFORE
THE SERVICES, REHABILITATION
CARING
THE SERVICES,
TRAINING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A HANDICAP
MORE TO GO ON PUTTING DIABILITY.
RESOURCES INTO THOSE
I WAS I JUST ADD THAT,
EVER, A SERVICES
VERY AS
GOVERNMENT.
OF THOSE WHO ARE IMPRESSED BY THE COMMITMENT AND THE DEDICATION
BUT FACILITIES
AM I
ALSO TEACHING AND
EXTREMELY IMPRESSED BY THE DEDICATION OF THE PUPILS AND THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS. I BEEN MET, AT THE BEGINNING OF MY VISIT, FIVE ELDERLY RESIDENTS WHO'VE
DEDICATED THEIR HERE SINCE, I THINK, BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND
INTO BRAILLE. LIVES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO TRANSLATING THE BIBLE THAT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO OTHER COMMUNITIES I WAS DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE WORK OF FIVE VERY WHO'VE DONE MARVELLOUS SERVICE TO THE WHOLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE INTEND
RUNNING
THESE
AS
QUESTION: BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SOLID PLAN TO IMPROVE THE DISABLED PEOPLE?
YES,
THE
AND OR
AND OLD LADIES
ELDERLY AND
PROVIDING
GREATER
GOVERNOR:
WE DO. WE SET OUT OUR TARGETS FOR SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED IN MY SPEECH TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN 1992 WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING ALL THE PROPOSALS OF THE GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT OUT ON REHABILITATION FOR THE DISABLED. I ANNOUNCED IN MY RECENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPERCH LEAST A RANGE OF MEASURES TO IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY, NOT
ANNOUNCED WE IN THE HOUSING FIELD AND IN THE HEALTH FIELD. WE ALSO WERE SETTING UP A TASK FORCE, A WORKING GROUP TO TRY TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OUR POLICIES ON THE ELDERLY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF AGING BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING FIND THAT IT HAS MANY MORE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND
TO SIR PATTEN, QUESTION: MR YESTERDAY? DO YOU WORRY THAT THE BRITISH SUPPORT FOR WILL FADE OUT?
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PERCY'S
YOUR
COMMENTS PROPOSALS
/GOVERNOR: