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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1992

HEPATITIS B

A LARGE- WILL BE HEALTHY HEALTH FOR

IN

NEW CLINICS WILL BE OPENED AND THE ADDITION, IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME EXTENDED TO ALL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. SCALE ORAL HEALTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS STARTED WHILE HEALTH PROMOTION ACTIVITIES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LIFE-STYLE WILL BE ENHANCED WITH AN OBJECTIVE TO ACHIEVE ALL BY THE YEAR 2000.

A PILOT PREPARATIONS ARE ALSO IN HAND FOR THE SETTING UP OF

AS WELL AS THE WELL WOMAN

AND THE STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE CLINIC ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTRE FOR DOCTORS IN FAMILY MEDICINE AND A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SCHOOL FOR NURSES.

FAR FROM LAGGING BEHIND, SHE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG BE PROUD OF ITS EFFORTS BECAUSE "WE HAVE GOOD HEALTH INDICES COMPARE FAVOURABLY WITH THOSE OF ADVANCED COUNTRIES".

SHOULD WHICH

THE GOVERNMENT WAS

YOUNG, THE OLD, THE

TURNING TO SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS WONG SAID COMMITTED TO IMPROVING SERVICES FOR ALL GROUPS: THE HANDICAPPED AND THE MORE VULNERABLE GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY.

MANY OF THE REFORMS CONTAINED IN THE WHITE WELFARE INTO THE 1990'S AND BEYOND PUBLISHED LAST AND WILL CONTINUE IN 1992-93.

PAPER ON SOCIAL YEAR ARE UNDERWAY

SCHEME, ON THE CONCERN OF MEMBERS ABOUT THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

ALSO BEEN DEVELOPED MRS WONG SAID THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SCHEME HAD

THE SOCIAL AND REFINED OVER THE YEARS AND REAFFIRMED LAST YEAR WHEN WELFARE POLICIES WERE EXAMINED.

"THE PAYMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE BASIC RATES BUT A VARIETY OF SUPPLEMENTS, ARE DESIGNED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO NEEDS.

ALSO

INDIVIDUAL

"WE

REGARD DUE SHOULD

FACTORS, DEMOGRAPHIC

IN CONTINUING KEEPING IMPLICATIONS SOCIETAL NEEDS AND SCHEMES UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW," SHE SAID.

HAVE

TO

THE ΤΟ

AND

TO BE ALIVE

THE CHANGING FOR OUR SOCIAL SECURITY

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC

SECURITY MEASURES FOR HIGH RISK PREMISES UNDER REVIEW

OF

QUESTION OF THE RECENT

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO RE-EXAMINE THE SECURITY MEASURES FOR HIGH RISK PREMISES IN THE LIGHT RISE IN ARMED ROBBERIES IN GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLERY SHOPS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON J.D MCGREGOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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AT

/MR ASPREY