XN000022-1990-11-08 — Page 12

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1990

11

REVIEW OF REHABILITATION POLICY AND SERVICES BEING PLANNED

* * * *

то A

THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH IS AT PRESENT WORKING OUT THE MECHANISM AND TIMING FOR THE REVIEW OF REHABILITATION POLICY AND SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE GOVERNOR WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION, THE DEPUTY WELFARE, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

SECRETARY

FOR HEALTH AND

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, OF THE MR FUNG SAID MUCH OF THE CONTENTS

EXISTING WHITE PAPER ON

YEARS

HAD REHABILITATION, WHICH WAS WRITTEN MORE THAN 10

AGO,

BEEN

OVERTAKEN BY EVENTS.

"IN ADDITION, THERE HAVE BEEN RADICAL CHANGES THE INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION SCENE AS TO HOW FAR ARE ABLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

IN THINKING ON DISABLED PEOPLE

THE POLICY WHETHER

"WE THINK THAT SUCH CHANGES SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN DOCUMENT, AND VIEWS SHOULD BE SOUGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS TO WE SHOULD FOLLOW THESE NEW LINES OF THINKING AND THUS TURN THE MORE TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF DEALING WITH THE DISABLED."

THE

GOVERNOR

ANNOUNCED AT

THE OPENING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT A GREEN PAPER RECOMMENDING FOR THE POLICY ON ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN BE PREPARED.

AWAY FROM

THE

OF SESSION

THE WAY FORWARD THE 1990'S WOULD

BE

THE

GREEN PAPER WOULD MR FUNG SAID IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT THE DRAFTED BY A WORKING PARTY COMPRISING

FROM BOTH OFFICIALS DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED AS WELL AS A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF UNOFFICIALS.

"THE TASK WILL BE CENTRALLY

CO-ORDINATED

BY THE HEALTH AND

WELFARE BRANCH.

"THE WORKING PARTY WILL PROBABLY BE SET UP BEFORE MID-1991 WITH THE AIM OF ISSUING A GREEN PAPER IN 1992 FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION, HE SAID.

0

HONG KONG AIDS FOUNDATION TO BE SET UP

AS THE

HONG KONG AIDS OF NEXT YEAR

TO

A NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATION, KNOWN FOUNDATION, IS EXPECTED TO BE SET UP BY THE MIDDLE COMPLEMENT GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS AGAINST AIDS.

A PROPOSAL TO THIS EFFECT WAS ENDORSED ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AIDS (ACA) TODAY (THURSDAY).

AT

A MEETING OF

THE

/SPEAKING AT