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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994
INTENT AND
HAS HAD THE MR PRESIDENT, I AM PLEASED THAT THIS COUNCIL
I AGREE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT TODAY.
NEW TO PURSUE WE MUST SEEK OF THE MOTION: THRUST
I AM GRATEFUL FOR MEMBERS' INITIATIVES TO TACKLE JUVENILE CRIME.
THIS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS WE SHOULD MAKE IN OUR APPROACH TO
PROBLEM. WE SHALL CERTAINLY
DIFFICULT CAREFULLY.
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.
CONSIDER THESE SUGGESTIONS
SHW ON FAMILY POLICY
SPEECH BY THE THE
HEALTH AND FOLLOWING IS WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK, IN MOTION DEBATE ON FAMILY POLICY IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
FOR SECRETARY
THE
MR PRESIDENT,
ENVIRONMENT
FOR
I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO HONOURABLE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF BONDAGE OF THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY IS THE OLDEST FORM
PROVIDING AN BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. IT CAN BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH,
THE PHYSICAL CARE, MUTUAL SUPPORT AND INTIMATE
IT EMOTIONAL SECURITY OF ITS MEMBERS, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.
AND MORAL VALUES, IS WITHIN THE FAMILY THAT WE LEARN BASIC SOCIAL
COPE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS,
WITH SHARE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS,
FOR ONE CONFLICTS, CRISES AND TRAGEDIES, AND LOVE, NURTURE AND CARE ANOTHER.
ARE TO CARING
IN OUR 1991 OUR POLICY IN SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY IS SET OUT
THE 1990S AND BEYOND" WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "SOCIAL WELFARE INTO DESCRIBES THE FAMILY UNIT AS "A VITAL COMPONENT OF SOCIETY" AND STATES THAT THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF OUR FAMILY WELFARE SERVICES PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AS A UNIT AND TO DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ENABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS PREVENT PERSONAL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS AND TO DEAL WITH THEM WHEN THEY WITHIN THE ARISE AND TO PROVIDE FOR NEEDS WHICH CANNOT BE MET FROM FAMILY.
TO
FAMILY WELFARE POLICY
THE RAPID DEVELOPED
WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND AND HAVING REGARD TO SOCIAL CHANGES IN HONG KONG, OUR WELFARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN TO ABBIST FAMILIES TO DISCHARGE THEIR CARING AND PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT THE FAMILY BO THAT IT CAN FUNCTION PROPERLY AND INTERVENE ONLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ARE IN
FAMILY WELFARE OUR
SERVICES NEED OF
AND PROTECTION. ASSISTANCE
FUNCTIONS THEREFORE SUPPORT AND SUPPLEMENT RATHER THAN SUBSTITUTE THE OF THE FAMILY. OUR FAMILY WELFARE POLICY FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AND DEVELOPED TO IMPLEMENT EACH OF THEM.
AREAS
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