XN000022-1991-04-17 — Page 6

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1991

"WE IN THE SERVICE ARE ONLY TOO CONSCIOUS OF THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG.

"WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MEMBERS OF THIS CHAMBER WE CANNOT LEGISLATION AND/OR HAVE FUNDS WITH WHICH TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES.

PASS

"ALREADY A SIZEABLE PROPORTION OF OUR TIME IS SPENT WITH AD HOC GROUPS, OMELCO PANELS AND ON THE

OF LEGCO VARIOUS COMMITTEES DISCUSSING BOTH POLICIES AND LEGISLATION WITH MEMBERS.

"WE

MORE

TO

TAKE

FOR

THE

VALUE THAT DIMENSION TO OUR WORK BECAUSE IT MAKES US CONSCIOUS OF THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF IT, AND THE NEED THAT

ACCOUNT IF WE INTO

RETAIN PUBLIC ARE TO GOVERNMENT," THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.

SUPPORT

THE IN

COMING WITH

HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT, SESSION OF LEGCO, OFFICIALS WOULD NEED TO WORK EVEN MORE CLOSELY EXCO AND LEGCO COLLEAGUES.

"THAT IS ONE OF THE INEVITABLE AND, I BELIEVE, HIGHLY DESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS WHICH WE HAVE SET IN TRAIN.

"THE CIVIL SERVICE IS KEEN TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THAT PROCESS EVERYONE AND TO DO ALL IT CAN TO HELP MAKE IT WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF IN HONG KONG," THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.

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GOVT CONSTANTLY SEEKS WAYS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE: CS

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FORD,

SAID

ALL

IN THE

THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG'S SOCIAL PROGRAMMES IS THERE FOR SEE,

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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SAID

SOCIAL

SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE OF THE 1991-92 BUDGET, SIR DAVID THERE WAS OF COURSE MORE TO BE DONE BUT IN MOST AREAS OF NEED WE HAD BROKEN THE BACK OF THE PROBLEM AND COULD NOW CONCENTRATE ON EXTENDING THE RANGE AND QUALITY OF SERVICES AVAILABLE.

INITIATIVES HOSPITAL PAPER ON FOUR ALL

HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN A NUMBER OF TO DO JUST THAT, POINTING OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTHORITY AND THE REPORT ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, THE WHITE SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE REVIEW OF REHABILITATION SERVICES,

COMMISSION REPORTS EDUCATION

AND THE HOUSING

WOULD STRATEGY, RESULT IN SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE AND

WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING WAYS TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS OF PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE. THAT HAS BEEN

|| THE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.

MAJOR THEMES IN THE

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT IN BROAD TERMS, TWO OF THE WHICH HAD BEEN REFERRED TO BY MANY MEMBERS IN THEIR SPEECHES DEBATE WERE FIRSTLY, THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT DONE ENOUGH TO MEET THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

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