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SOCIAL SERVICES SECRETARY ADDRESSES POPULATION AND INDUSTRY SEMINAR *****
ANY FURTHER EXPANSION OF HONG KONG'S POPULATION WOULD ENGERDEN A SERICUS DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE, MR. E.P. HC, SECRETARY FOR 3001AL SERVICES STATED TODAY.
R. HO SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WOULD DE OVER-CROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS, INCREASED POLLUTION, LOWERING STANDARDS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND EVITABLY LESS SOCIAL PROGRESS.
+A POPULATION POLICY IS THUS ESSENTIAL FOR HONG KONG AND 1. THE PAST FEW YEARS .E HAVE MADE IMPRESSIVE STRIDES IN RESTRAINING OUR POPULATION, AS RECENT FIGURES ISSUED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ILLUSTATE, BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD ANY COMPLACENCY, + MR. HO SAID AT THE OPENING CF A SEMINAR CH POPULATION AND INDUSTRY AT THE MANDARIN HOTEL.
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HE ADDED GOVERNMENT'S RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE WAS REFLECTED IN ITS PROV13101. CF FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS, ITS PROTOTICE OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND
ITS SUPPORT FOR THE VERY VALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED BY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSCCIATION..
+CF COURSE. THE GOVERMENT ALOC CANNOT REALISE ITS SOCIAL PROGRAMES WITHOUT STABILISIG THE POPULATION, AND TO DO THIS IT REQUIRES THE CUPPORT OF COT INDUSTRY AD THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WORKING IN UNISON, + MR. HO Sn
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+FORTUNATELY, THERE IS A GROWING AWARENESS THAT BOTH HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN 18PROVING LELFARE STANDARDS. +
GOVERNMENT WOULD, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ITS RANGE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING GENERAL AND TECHVICAL EDUCATIO, „HILE INDUSTRY, FOR ITS PART, COULD INGROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY AND
OTIVATION OF ITS WORK-FORCE DY VESTET I TRAI ING AND ELF CENEFITO.
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A. HO SAID ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF EMPLOYMENT !" HONG KONG I' RECENT YEARS HAD BEEN THE SFCWTH OF CCCUPATIONAL BENEFITS PROVIDED BY EMPLOYERS, PAPTLY THROUGH LEGISLATIVE got PULSION AND PRETLY THROUGH VOLUNTARY PROVISIONS.
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