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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991

HE NOTED THAT AS THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WAS ONLY SET UP VERY RECENTLY AND IT HAD JUST HAD ITS FIRST MEETING A FEW DAYS AGO, CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING ITS MEMBERSHIP APPEARED PREMATURE AT THIS

STAGE.

MR BLAKE REITERATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF SETTING UP THE COMMITTEE WAS TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR COLLECTING PUBLIC VIEWS ON THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO EXPLAIN THE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

PROJECTS

FIVE-HOUR DEBATE ON ELDERLY CARE

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TWENTY-FOUR LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS SPOKE

THE MOTION DEBATE ON CARE FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

FOR

FIVE HOURS ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, AND THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.

THE MOTION,

MOVED BY DR THE HON C.H. LEONG, WAS PASSED.

IT READ : "IN THE LIGHT OF THE RAPID EXPANSION OF OUR POPULATION,

AGING THIS COUNCIL URGES GOVERNMENT то GIVE IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION TO THE FORMULATION OF AN OVERALL AND COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY HAVING SPECIAL REGARD TO THEIR HEALTH AND SOCIAL NEEDS."

THE MOTION MOVED BY THE HON EMILY LAU UNDER THE AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE WAS ALSO PASSED.

INTERPRETATION

SPOKE DURING THE THE MATTER OF

MEANWHILE, NINE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS ADJOURNMENT DEBATE RAISED BY THE HON ALBERT CHAN ON "CONSTRUCTION.OF CONTAINER TERMINAL 9".

THE

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, AND SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.

P

IN ADDITION, THREE BILLS WERE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND READINGS. DEBATES ON THEM WERE ADJOURNED.

THEY WERE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991,

DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1991 CONSUMER COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991.

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