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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

"LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR OLD PEOPLE MEET ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS, SIR DAVID SAID.

GOVERNOR SAID ANOTHER IMPORTANT GROUP WITH SPECIAL

THE

WAS THE DISABLED.

AND

NERDS

"SOME

IMPROVE MEASURES ΤΟ

THE RANGE

OF OUR QUALITY REHABILITATION SERVICES ARE ALREADY IN HAND. BUT WE NEED NOW TO STAND BACK AND RE-EXAMINE OUR POLICIES IN THIS AREA.

"I HAVE, THEREFORE, ASKED THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND TO PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE GREEN PAPER, RECOMMENDING THE WAY FOR OUR POLICY ON ASSISTANCE TO THE DISABLED IN THE 1990S.

WELFARE

FORWARD

IDEAS ABOUT THE

"IN DOING SO, WE SHOULD AVOID PRECONCEIVED ABILITIES OF HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. WE MUST ACCEPT A RESPONSIBILITY WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM LEAD LIVES AS DIGNIFIED AND FULFILLING THE ABLE-BODIED," HE SAID.

ΤΟ

AS

PADS VITAL TO HK'S RAPID GROWTH IN THE NEXT CENTURY

*

THAT

HONG RAPID

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REITERATED THE PORT AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PADS) WILL GIVE KONG THE AIRPORT AND PORT FACILITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR ITS GROWTH AS A MAJOR BUSINESS CENTRE IN THE NEXT CENTURY.

OF

BRINGING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS UP-TO-DATE ON THE PROGRESS

THE WHICH THE PADS AND THE OTHER AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS

FIRST HE GOVERNMENT WAS UNDERTAKING IN THE 1990S, SIR DAVID SAID

OF SHOULD LIKE TO DISPEL SOME COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE PADS AND ITS LONG TERM COSTS AND BENEFITS.

HE

IT

WAS

A CO- OUR TRANSPORT

THE PADS WAS NOT A SINGLE PROJECT. SAID

TRANSFORM OF PROJECTS WHICH WOULD PACKAGE ORDINATED INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND.

"THERE SHOULD BE NO DOUBT THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE ESSENTIAL HONG KONG'S FUTURE PROSPERITY.

TO

"NATURALLY THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WILL BE NECESSARY," HE SAID.

BALANCE

SIR DAVID SAID WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BETWEEN THE DEMANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT AND MEDIUM-TERM COMMITMENTS AND THESE LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHOSE BENEFITS WOULD NOT BE FELT UNTIL THE LATTER PART OF THE 1990S.

/"NEVERTHELESS, THERE