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MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1989

MEMBERS, MRS WONG SAID THE FUNCTION OF FAMILY, THE ROLE OF ITS THEIR RELATIONSHIP, THEIR EXPECTATIONS ON THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE

RESPONSIBILITY AND го FAMILY

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ITS FUNCTIONING WOULD ALSO BE A REVIEW TOPIC FOR THE WORKING PARTY.

SMOOTH

"THE WORKING PARTY'S JOB IN REVIEWING OUR POLICY ON SERVICES

ONLY

OF BECAUSE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT, NOT

THEIR

BECAUSE THEY LARGE SIZE AS A GROUP, BUT

ARE THE SOCIETY'y FUTURE HOPES AND ITS MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES, SHE ADDED.

MRS WONG SAID APART FROM DIRECT SERVICES, THE WORKING PARTY

THE EFFICIENT DELIVERY WOULD ALSO EXAMINE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO

OF WELFARE SUCH AS RESEARCH, MANPOWER TRAINING AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE.

WOULD SECTORS,

SHE ADDED THAT THE REVIEW ON HONG KONG'S WELFARE SERVICE INCLUDE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE VOLUNTARY WHICH WERE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF HONG KONG,

SERVICES VARIOUS

IN

CONTRIBUTE THEIR TO

THE PUBLIC TO

HEARINGS PUBLIC GOVERNMENT FORMULATE THE PROPOSED

TO CONCLUDE, MRS WONG URGED VIEWS BOTH IN WRITING OR THROUGH THE MEDIA OR AT BE CONDUCTED LATER TO WHITE PAPER.

HELP THE

ERA OF NEW CHALLENGES AHEAD

-

SHA

*

A SENSE OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER

NEW CHALLENGES IN THE 1990'S SHOULD BE FACED WITH CO-OPERATION AND HARMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR TSAO, SAID THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.

FOR

SPEAKING AT THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY OF LIGHTING DECORATIONS

HOPED THE SHA TIN COMMUNITY THE SHA TIN FESTIVAL, MR TSAO SAID HE

EFFORTS TO BRING THE COULD CONTINUE THE CO-OPERATIVE AND CONCERTED DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN INTO THE NEW ERA.

NOTING THAT A NEW DECADE WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN, MR TSAO SAID IN THIS CONNECTION THE SHA TIN FESTIVAL, SPANNING TWO DECADES, WAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE.

THAT

OF

SINCE THE

LAST

DECADE,

THE

ON EMBARKED DEVELOPED RAPIDLY PROGRAMME OF DEVELOPING THE NEW TOWNS, AND SHA TIN

A PROSPEROUS NEW

WITH FROM A TRADITIONAL RURAL TOWNSHIP INTO COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES.

GOVERNMENT

HAD

A

TOWN

HE EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO HAD IN COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS AND CO-OPERATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPING THE DISTRICT.

TAKEN PART

IN

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