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RELATED
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IN
OVERSEAS, "FAMILY POLICY" WHERE IT EXISTS, TENDS TO BE TO INCOME DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMILY ALLOWANCES AND INCOME TAX ARRANGEMENTS. IT IS ALSO USED AS A SOCIETAL POLICY RELATIONS A BROADER
WITH THE AIM OF TRANSFORMING SOCIAL SENSE ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIALIST OBJECTIVES AND ENSURING THAT THE FUNCTIONING OF SOCIALIST OF THE FAMILY WILL BE IN HARMONY WITH THE REQUIREMENT DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ALSO TIED TO POPULATION POLICY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LABOUR AND MAKING LONG TERM DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT
AN IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS NOT
EXPLICIT ECONOMIC MARKET.
OF PUBLIC FAMILY POLICY, THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED MORE ON THE IMPACT POLICIES ON INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN FAMILIES.
DO NOT HAVE AN HERE IN HONG KONG, MR PRESIDENT, WHILE WE
THE FAMILY EXPLICIT FAMILY POLICY, OUR PUBLIC POLICIES ALREADY TAKE
MY INTO CONSIDERATION.
COLLEAGUE, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, OF THE ACCOUNT ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS HAS ALREADY GIVEN A DETAILED
OF FAMILIES SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND POLICIES TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AS
OF UNIT
LET ME GIVE SOME OTHER BASIC
EXAMPLES IN SOCIETY. POLICIES IN WHICH THE INTEREST OF THE FAMILY IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT :
(A)
THE
PUBLIC
THE GOAL OF TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG AS PROMULGATED IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE IS TO "PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY".
THE IN CARRYING OUT ITS PLANNING FUNCTIONS, PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES INTO ACCOUNT.
(B)
FACTORS ARE
POLICIES.
TERTIARY
AND TRAINING
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FAMILY
DULY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE FORMULATION OF EDUCATION AND MANPOWER SUFFICIENT SCHOOLS, MANPOWER EDUCATION PLACES ARE PROVIDED TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS PLAY FULLY AWARE THAT THE FAMILY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO
HAS THE SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND MUCH IN BEEN DONE TO INVOLVE THE FAMILY IN THIS REGARD.
(C)
THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSON AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WELL-BEING OF AN INDIVIDUAL ARE FREQUENTLY EMPHASISED IN MANY OF OUR HEALTH
PROGRAMMES.
RELEVANT
WHICH WHITE
FAMILY
ON
THE GIVEN
MR PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A CLEAR FAMILY WELFARE POLICY PROMOTES THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY. THE 1991 SOCIAL WELFARE PAPER,
THE REQUIRES
POLICY BRANCHES TO CONSIDER PERSPECTIVE
DEVELOPING POLICIES THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS WHEN A FAMILY AS
UNIT AND A RESOURCE. THE EXAMPLES I HAVE JUST ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES TO THE FAMILY IN THE MANY FACETS OF ITS PUBLIC POLICIES.
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