WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1984
+FIRST, THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CASH BENEFITS TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO LOOK AFTER THEIR ELDERLY MEMBERS, OR TO ENABLE OLD PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, AND IN DIGNITY, IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
+SECOND, THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL FACILITIES FOR THOSE WHO, FOR HEALTH OR OTHER REASONS, CAN NO LONGER LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR ON THEIR OWN IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
THIS TERRITORY-WIDE STRATEGY ALSO APPLIED TO THE OUTLYING ISLANDS, MR CHAMBERS SAID, ALTHOUGH BECAUSE THE POPULATION IN THESE AREAS WAS SCATTERED, THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN PLANNING SERVICES IN SUCH A WAY AS TO MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE TO THE ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO NEEDED THEM.
MR YEUNG ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE SITUATION IN TAI 0. +TAI O IS A PARTICULARLY ISOLATED SETTLEMENT, BUT IT DOES HAVE A LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHICH ORGANISES VARIOUS PROGRAMMES FOR THE ELDERLY,+ MR CHAMBERS SAID.
PLANS WERE ALSO IN HAND TO PROVIDE A 40-PLACE HOME FOR THE AGED IN TAI O BY 1986, HE ADDED.
MORE FLEXIBILITY SOUGHT ******
THE HOUSING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1984 AIMED AT ALLOWING MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR CO-OPTING MEMBERS TO HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMITTEES, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON DONALD LAO, SAID TODAY.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. HE SAID IT SOUGHT TO REMOVE THE LIMITATION THAT THE MAJORITY OF ANY COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY.
+SECTION 7 OF THE HOUSING ORDINANCE EMPOWERS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO APPOINT COMMITTEES FOR THE BETTER DISCHARGE OF ITS FUNCTION UNDER THE ORDINANCE,
+A COMMITTEE SO APPOINTED MAY INCLUDE PERSONS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY PROVIDED THAT AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF ITS MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY.
+WHILE THIS PROVISO ENSURES THAT MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY HAVE A MAJORITY PARTICIPATION IN THE DELIBERATION OF ITS COMMITTEES, IT UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTS THE NUMBER OF CO-OPTED MEMBERS ON EACH
COMMITTEE.+
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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