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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990

TWO

"A SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SCHEME IS ALSO BEING TRIED OUT FOR YEARS WHICH, IF PROVED SUCCESSFUL, WILL BROADEN THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF DISABLED PERSONS AND THEREBY RELIEVE TO SOME EXTENT THE DEMAND FOR SHELTERED WORKSHOP PLACES, SHE SAID.

MOREOVER, TWO COMPUTERISED CENTRAL REFERRAL SYSTEMS, NAMELY, THE CO-ORDINATED REFERRAL SYSTEM FOR DISABLED PRE-SCHOOLERS AND THE CENTRAL REFERRAL SYSTEM FOR DISABLED ADULTS, HAD BEEN SET UP BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR PRE-SCHOOL DISABLED CHILDREN AND DISABLED ADULTS RESPECTIVELY TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE POSITION OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY AND TO FACILITATE REALISTIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES.

BANKING BILL PASSED

*

THE BANKING (AMENDMENT)

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

WAS (NO. 21 BILL 1989

PASSED IN

THE

IN

ADDITION,

A PRIVATE

KONG INSTITUTE SURVEYORS BILL 1989, WAS PASSED. THIS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED BY CHENG HON-KWAN.

THE BILL,

HONG

OF THE HON

THE WHITE PAPER ON

TRANSPORT POLICY, ENTITLED "MOV ENG

1

21ST CENTURY" WAS TABLED BY THE MICHAEL LEUNG.

SECRETARY

TRANSPORT, FOR

INTO THE HON

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7.

BE COUNCIL WILL

HELD

ON

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