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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1990

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE ON STANDING COMMITTER'S RECOMMENDATIONS

ON

SERVICE ANNOUNCED KWAN-HA, SAID HE

COMMENTING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF TODAY (TUESDAY), THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI WAS VERY PLEASED THAT THE STARTING SALARY FOR POLICE CONSTABLES WOULD BE INCREASED BY BETWEEN 13.9 PER CENT AND 18.4 PER CENT.

HE WAS ALSO GRATIFIED THAT THE SPECIAL POSITION AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE WORK OF THE POLICE HAD BEEN RECOGNISED.

It

"ON THE WHOLE IT IS A GOOD RESULT FOR THE FORCE, HE ADDED.

SOCIAL WELFARE DRAFT WHITE PAPER RELEASED

A PACKAGE OF RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE TERRITORY'S SOCIAL WELFARE AND ITS DIRECTION IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER, "SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND", THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES AND SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID: "THE WORKING PARTY PROPOSES THAT FUTURE EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON PRESERVING THE FAMILY AS A UNIT, AND PROVIDING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT RISK AND THE ELDERLY.

"THIS MEANS THAT PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE

WELFARE SERVICES FOR THESE GROUPS."

PROVISION OF

OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT WHICH OUTLINES THE POLICIES AND DIRECTIONS ENVISAGED FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES.

AT THE END OF THIS PERIOD THE WORKING PARTY WILL ASSESS PUBLIC REACTION AND RE-EXAMINE THE CONTENTS OF THE DRAFT BEFORE SUBMITTING IT TO GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.

DURING THIS PERIOD, THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO SEND THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING TO THE SPECIAL DUTIES UNIT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, P.Ó. BOX 11113, G.P.O. HONG KONG.

TO THE COUNCIL

MRS WONG EXPLAINED THAT THE ADVICE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD BE SOUGHT AND THE DRAFT SUBMITTED GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL, BEFORE BEING TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLISHED AS A WHITE PAPER SETTING OUT GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE POLICIES AND SERVICES.

FOR

/IN OUTLINING

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