XN000022-1987-10-07 — Page 18

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING HIGHER EDUCATION WOULD INCREASE BY THREE-QUARTERS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. A NEW UNIVERSITY WOULD BE BUILT, OPENING IN 1991. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A NEW OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE.

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS WOULD TAKE PLACE IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, WITH HOSPITALS TO BE PLACED UNDER A NEW HOSPITAL AUTHORITY. BESIDES PROVIDING A BETTER SYSTEM OF MANAGEMENT, THE AUTHORITY WOULD ALSO LEAD TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL SERVICES.

OVER THE NEXT DECADE, THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS WOULD INCREASE BY 50 PER CENT.

A HIGH LEVEL OF BUILDING WOULD CONTINUE UNDER THE HOUSING PROGRAMME, SAID SIR DAVID, BUT MORE EMPHASIS WOULD BE ON HOME OWNERSHIP. HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO WOULD NOT BE AN OFFICIAL.

PUBLIC PLACED A NEW

THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT AN INCREASINGLY PROSPEROUS AND STABLE SOCIETY COULD ALSO BE A MORE CARING SOCIETY. HELP HAD TO BE GIVEN ΤΟ THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, AND PROVISION MADE FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED.

STARTING NEXT YEAR, THERE WOULD BE INCREASED ALLOWANCES FOR THOSE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND THOSE RECEIVING THE SPECIAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE.

THE OLD AGE ALLOWANCE FOR THOSE OVER 70 WOULD BE INCREASED AND THE ALLOWANCE WOULD BE EXTENDED IN STAGES TO THOSE OVER 65.

FOR THE SEVERELY DISABLED WHO REQUIRE CONSTANT ATTENTION, ALLOWANCES WOULD BE DOUBLED.

THE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEME, PROVIDED BY EMPLOYERS, WOULD ALSO BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE WORKERS RETIRING BECAUSE OF OLD AGE ILL HEALTH.

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/SIR DAVID