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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1992

NOW,

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I THINK THAT YOU AND OTHERS LIKE YOU DESERVE US TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO ENSURE THAT YOU DO HAVE DAY SERVICE PLACES AND WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAY SERVICE PLACES OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BY OVER 50 PERCENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING THEM BY UP TO, I THINK IT'S JUST UNDER 4,000 3,700 OR THEREABOUTS AND THAT WILL ENABLE US TO MEET THE TARGET WHICH IS SET OUT IN OUR GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION AND ON THE DISABLED, AND I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THIS WILL MEAN THAT PARENTS LIKE YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT MUCH LESS LONG IN ORDER TO GET YOUR CHILDREN PLACES IN DAY CENTRES. I SYMPATHISE WITH THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE COPING WITH A CHILD DAY AFTER DAY AT HOME. FRANKLY, I'VE ALWAYS REGARDED PARENTS LIKE YOU AS BEING AMONG THE REAL HEROES IN A COMMUNITY. HAVING THE CHALLENGE OF PARENTHOOD WITH A CHILD WHO YOU GREATLY LOVE BUT HAS A HANDICAP, AND I AM DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD DO MORE TO HELP YOU.

WILLIAM LEE:

GOVERNOR? HANDICAPPED?

QUESTION:

MRS YEUNG, WHAT EXPECTATIONS DO YOU HAVE OF THE WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR SHOULD DO FOR THE

NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SEVERELY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND ARE SUFFERING MANY ASPECTS AND WE CANNOT PUT THEM IN AN INSTITUTION OR HAVE RESIDENTIAL PLACES FOR THEM, AND THEN IN THE MORNING WE TAKE THEM THERE AND AT 3 O'CLOCK WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM HOME. AND THEY ARE OVER 16 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE RESIDENTIAL PLACES AND SO A LOT OF THEM ARE LIVING AT HOME AND WHAT WE NEED ACTUALLY ARE RESIDENTIAL PLACES FOR THESE PEOPLE.

GOVERNOR:

WELL, LET ME RESPOND TO THAT AS WELL STRAIGHT AWAY, MRS YEUNG. NOT ONLY ARE WE INTENDING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAY CARE PLACES BUT WE ARE ALSO INTENDING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PLACES FOR THE DISABLED. WE'RE GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE THEM, INCREASING THEM BY ABOUT 3,900, SO I VERY MUCH HOPE THAT ON BOTH THOSE FRONTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE ΤΟ DEMONSTRATE THE SAME CARE AND CONCERN THAT IT'S SHOWN IN OTHER AREAS. I REPEAT THAT I THINK YOU AND PARENTS LIKE YOU ARE DOING A HEROIC JOB AND YOU DESERVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY IN DISCHARGING IT.

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QUESTION:

GOOD MORNING MR PATTEN, MY NAME IS LEE, I WOULD LIKE TO WHEN KNOW THE FOLLOWING. NOW IN HONG KONG A LOT OF PEOPLE HOPE THAT

SAR THE

COMES INTO BEING THERE WILL BE A THROUGH-TRAIN FOR LEGCO BE MEMBERS. YOU'VE PLEDGED THAT THE 1995 ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS WILL

THERE ARE WITH THE CHINESE AND YET IN YOUR POLICY ADDRESS TAKEN

DRASTIC CHANGES, ACTUALLY

BE AND THEN LATER ON YOU WILL

то GOING BEIJING TO TALK TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND IF THEY HAVE ADVERSE COMMENTS WILL YOU TAKE THEIR VIEWS AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS?

WHEN THE OTHERWISE

SAR COMES INTO BEING IN 1997 THERE WON'T BE A THROUGH-TRAIN AND THERE MIGHT BE A LACK OF STABILITY, AND TUMULT, THEREFORE WILL THAT BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ACTUALLY?

AND

/GOVERNOR: I