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HE SAID HE ALSO BELIEVED IT WAS WORTHWHILE FOR GOVERNMENT TO INVITE A PUBLIC REVIEW OF ITS POLICIES AND PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE LIGHT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND CHANGING ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
+THIS PUBLIC REVIEW NEED NOT BE BY WAY OF A GREEN PAPER, BUT MORE IN THE NATURE OF AN INTERIM REVIEW PENDING A FUTURE FULL-SCALE REVIEW ON THE NEEDS FOR THE NEXT DECADE, HE SAID.
+ I SUGGEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION PREPARE A GENERAL INFORMATION PAPER ON THE SUBJECT AND INVITE PUBLIC RESPONSE FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
IMPORTANCE OF ELDERLY POLICY REVIEW STRESSED
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THE IMPORTANCE TO REVIEW THE POLICY ON PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND TO HAVE A MORE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH SERVICES WAS STRESSED BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAR TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE, MR TAI SAID THIS WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE HONG KONG'S POPULATION WAS FACING A CHANGING AGE STRUCTURE WITH THE ELDERLY OCCUPYING AN INCREASING PROPORTION.
MR TAI POINTED OUT THAT MOST OLD PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WERE NOT WELL-INFORMED OF THE KIND OF WELFARE SERVICES THEY WERE ENTITLED TO AND THE VARIOUS CHANNELS THEY MIGHT APPROACH FOR HELP DUE TO THE IR POOR EDUCATION STANDARD.
HE SAID OLD PEOPLE LIVING ALONE OR WITH OTHER OLD PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT APPROPRIATE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO NEEDED THEM.
HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THE PROVISION OF HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AND RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, AND IN ALLOCATING UNITS FOR THE ELDERLY IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
/HE SUGGESTED .....
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