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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1991

SCOPE

COMMENTS

THE

OF REHABILITATION

WERE

OUTSIDE THE RECEIVED ON OTHER ISSUES FALLING

CONCERNED COVERAGE OF PAPER. ONE REQUEST WHITE

WILL BE MET SERVICES IN THE WHITE PAPER. THIS

BY THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION ANNOUNCED

HAS ALREADY WORK ON THE GREEN PAPER YOU SIR IN YOUR OCTOBER ADDRESS.

LATER THIS PUBLIC CONSULTATION BEGUN, YEAR.

AND WE SHOULD BE READY FOR

FOCUS, AND A

THE WHITE PAPER ITSELF DOES NOT ADOPT A NARROW WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN ITS FORMULATION AND BEFORE AND YOUTH AT RISK ESTABLISHING THAT THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY MUST ALL CARRY HIGH PRIORITY.

OF

THE ELDERLY THE WHITE PAPER AIMS TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF

ACTIVE AND VALUED THROUGH SERVICES WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE FORM

AND SOCIAL HOME HELP, MULTI-SERVICE CENTRES, DAY CARE

BE EXPANDED. A HIGH PRIORITY THE MEETING THE GROWING DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE

HOMES SUBVENTED

AND ATTENTION ADDITION, PROPERLY REGULATED PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT MAKING HOMES BE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY THEIR PART.

ELDERLY

WILL

CARE

HOMES AND

WILL IN

FOR

CENTRES FOR BE GIVEN ΤΟ THE FORM OF THE AGED. IN WILL

OF THE MOST THE WHITE PAPER LOOKS UPON THE FAMILY AS ONE

THE TRADITIONALLY, IT IS THROUGH IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF OUR SOCIETY.

FOR AND SUPPORTED. FAMILY THAT YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE HAVE BEEN CARED

SUPPORT WITH THE INCREASE IN SMALLER FAMILIES, THIS NETWORK OF FAMILY

STRAINS OF OUR HAS BECOME WEAKER AT A TIME WHEN THE STRESSES AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SOCIETY HAVE INCREASED THE PRESSURES ON ALL FAMILY UP MEMBERS. FAMILY CASEWORK AND COUNSELLING SERVICES WILL BE STEPPED

AND FAMILY TO HELP AND REACH OUT TO FAMILIES EXPERIENCING PERSONAL

AND DAY CARE FOR SUCH AS HOME HELP PROBLEMS, SUPPORT

SPECIAL ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE CHILDREN WILL BE STRENGTHENED.

TO THOSE NEEDS OP THE GROWING NUMBER OF SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES AND

NECESSITIES OF FAMILIES WHO CANNOT PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES THE BASIC

SPECIAL DAILY LIFE. IN PARTICULAR, THE WHITE PAPER PROPOSES THAT THE

ASSISTANCE PUBLIC RECEIVING FAMILIES OF

IN NEEDS

CHILDREN

AS PROVIDED FOR IN RECOGNIZED BY AN ADDITIONAL CHILD SUPPLEMENT. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE OF THE WHITE PAPER, THIS SUPPLEMENT INTRODUCED LATER THIS YEAR.

SERVICES

BE THE WILL BE

IS NOT THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE IN HONG KONG

MUCH WILL SOLELY A MATTER OF MORE MONEY, SERVICES AND FACILITIES. ALSO DEPEND UPON HONG KONG'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE MORE SOCIAL WORKERS OF WHO ALREADY SERVE, SO THE SAME CALIBRE AND COMMITMENT AS THOSE

THE WHITE PAPER RECOGNISES ADMIRABLY, THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. DIFFICULTIES IN EXPANDING THE SUPPLY OF CERTAIN SOCIAL WORK PERSONNEL, WORK TRAINING AND MANPOWER

AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL PLANNING AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL EXPLORE WAYS AND MEANS TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

CONTINUE TO

/SIR, HONG