WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1994
GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER SUMMIT MEETING
ON TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED
WE
GOVERNOR: WE'VE HAD THREE SUMMITS NOW, INVOLVING DISABLED GROUPS.
REPRESENTATIVES HAD THE FIRST JUST OVER A YEAR AGO TO BRING TOGETHER OF THE DISABLED AND SOME OF OUR TRANSPORT OPERATORS TO CONSIDER HOW WE DISABLED. THAT COULD MAKE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING FACILITIES FOR THE
то HAVE HELD SUCCESSFUL FOR US MEETING
ANOTHER WAS SUFFICIENTLY MEETING INVOLVING THE DISABLED AND EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AT WHICH WITH DISABILITY. THOSE WE LOOKED AT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSPORT AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED.
PROGRESS WE'VE THE
WE HAD TODAY WAS TO SEE HOW MUCH MEETING MADE SINCE THE FIRST MEETING IN DEVELOPING FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED HONG SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE AROUND WITH THE MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE IN
ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN KONG. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE COMPLACENT
YEAR A ACHIEVED, BUT I THINK THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT IN THE LAST
TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR VERY
DEAL HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE GREAT
ONE
DISABLED OF THE THOSE
VARIOUS FORMS OF DISABILITY. WITH
THAT MORE CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR SUMMIT UPSTAIRS SAID THAT HE THOUGHT
THE PREVIOUS 15. PROGRESS HAS BERN MADE IN THE LAST YEAR THAN IN SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE IN THE WIND THAT NOW WE MUCH MORE TOOK THESE ISSUES, TRANSPORT OPERATORS TOOK THESE ISSUES SERIOUSLY AND GAVE THEM MORE PROMINENCE ON THEIR AGENDA.
THINGS
THAT I'D LIKE
TO IT
ΤΟ THERE ARE
SINGLE OUT FOR FOUR
PRODUCE A PARTICULAR NOTE. FIRST OF ALL WE UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR TO BOOKLET, GIVING THE DISABLED A GUIDE TO THE TRANSPORT FACILITIES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THAT BOOKLET, THAT GUIDE HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE
ENGLISH AND IN TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN CHINESE, OF COURSE IN BRAILLE. I THINK IT HAS BEEN FOUND VERY USEFUL BY THE DISABLED GROUPS THEMSELVES. HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY WHO
OF COURSE CONTRIBUTED SECONDLY, INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT OPERATORS HAVE THEMSELVES MADE A NUMBER THE TRANSPORT OPERATORS OF CHANGES AND WE HAD PRESENTATIONS ON THOSE.
HOPING HAVE PRODUCED VIDEOS ON WHAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT THEY ARE TO ACHIEVE AND I HOPE THAT THOSE VIDEOS WILL BE SHOWN GROUPS OF COMMUNITY CAN GOVERNMENT'S SERVICE.
NOT ONLY TO THAT THE WHOLE WHAT'S HAPPENING. ON
OUR DEVELOP
REHABUS
DISABLED BUT ALSO ON TELEVISION, SO
A KEENER APPRECIATION OF GET
WE PART,
UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR TO
WE ARE BRINGING ON STREAM SEVEN NEW VEHICLES IN THE COMING YEAR AND WE ARE INCREASING BY 40 PERCENT THE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THAT GO INTO REHABUS WHICH DOES, I THINK, MAKE A CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRANSPORT NEED OF THE DISABLED BECAUSE IT IS ABLE TO OPERATE SO
SERVICES
ABOUT FLEXIBLY, PROVIDING
5000 DIFFERENT EACH MONTH FOR
THAT JOURNEYS, DIFFERENT TRAVELLERS. FINALLY, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE
ACCOUNT OF THE IN PLANNING FUTURE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS, WE TAKE
WE ARE DOING THAT, FOR REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS OF THE DISABLED. EXAMPLE THE MTRC ARE DOING THAT IN THE PLANNING THAT THEY ARE FORWARD FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY.
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