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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1992

WHEELCHAIR-BOUND

LOT A

OF

AND I THINGS

QUESTION: CANNOT

I'M SORRY, MR GOVERNOR, I'M

TO ASK MY QUESTION.

THERE ARE UP STAND INVOLVED IN THE REHABILITATION PACKAGE, THEY ARE:

TRANSPORT

ACCESSIBILITY

EMPLOYMENT

GOVERNMENT POLICY HOUSING

AND EDUCATION.

IN THE

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, A LOT OF

ORDINANCES

AND

AND DISABLED

POLICIES WOULD BE PASSED WHICH ARE IN CONNECTION WITH THE WELFARE NEEDS OF THE DISABLED, BUT THERE IS NO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ON THE COUNCIL, SO IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO REFLECT OUR VIEWS AND AT THE MOMENT OUR NEEDS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TRANSPORT.

DISABLED TO THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR THE USE.

50%

HAVE WE

STRONGLY DEMANDED ΤΟ HAVE A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY FOR THE DISABLED BUT IN YOUR POLITICAL BLUEPRINT THIS HAS WHEN YOU NOT BEEN MATERIALISED AND WE ARE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

SHOULD BALANCE ALLOCATE SEATS TO THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, YOU THE INTERESTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS. NOW, IN HONG KONG, MORE THAN OF

ALREADY PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED. DISABLED

DISCRIMINATED THEY ARE

WORK AGAINST, THEY ARE BEING EXPLOITED. NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT OF

SO THEY ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN ANY OF THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES,

NOW, THERE ARE THIS IS DOUBLE DISCRIMINATION AND DOUBLE EXPLOITATION. ABOUT 270,000 DISABLED PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, AND INCLUDING THE AGENCIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THEM THERE ARE ABOUT 570,000 PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL DEPRIVED OF THEIR REPRESENTATION

FOR THEIR HOW CAN THEY FIGHT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, INTERESTS?

GOVERNOR:

IS

SO

SO

IN THE RIGHTS

AND

TRANSPORT

FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST POINT YOU MADE ABOUT

AND ONE WHICH I KNOW IS STRONGLY FELT BY PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED

I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS REPRESENTATIVES IN THE AGENCIES. THEIR

то THE ISSUE AT, I THINK MY SECOND PUBLIC MEETING, AND I SUGGESTED QUESTIONER ON THAT OCCASION THAT HE MIGHT LIKE TO COME WITH ME MEETING WITH THE BUS COMPANIES AND THE RAILWAY COMPANIES FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME I'D BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU THERE.

TO A TO DISCUSS AS WELL,

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WITH

SECONDLY, YOU REFERRED TO THE PROPOSALS I PUT FORWARD ON FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. THERE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, AT PRESENT FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, AND MY PROPOSALS, WHICH I'LL DISCUSS CHINA, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, FOR THOSE CONSTITUENCIES, ARE THAT WE SHOULD, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE BY

CORPORATE ELIMINATING

MEMBERSHIP AND INTRODUCING INDIVIDUAL AND MEMBERSHIP.

THAT WILL, AMONG OTHERS, AFFECT THE CONSTITUENCY WORKERS WHICH COVERS SOCIAL WORK WHERE FROM NOW ON, INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL IN AGENCIES WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE.

/SECONDLY, WE

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