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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1992

**WE

HOUSEHOLDS CARTLAND.

WILL BE LOOKING FOR A SERVICE THAT

REACHES AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WITHIN AS SHORT A TIME AS POSSIBLE, SAID MRS

"WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMMING PROPOSALS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW BOTH OF THEIR ATTRACTIVENESS TO THE LOCAL VIEWER AND THEIR REALISM BY WHICH I MEAN THEIR CHANCES OF BEING GENUINELY ACHIEVABLE.

"IF THE BID PROVES ACCEPTABLE IT IS LIKELY THAT BY NEXT OCTOBER THE HONG KONG VIEWER SHOULD HAVE MULTI-CHANNEL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH A NETWORK FIRST BASED THROUGH MICROWAVE AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVING ON TO FIBRE OPTIC CABLE, SHE ADDED.

PLACES FOR THE DISABLED TO INCREASE

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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TODAY (SATURDAY) SAID THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO FOR THE DISABLED IN THE COMING FOUR YEARS.

MRS ROSE GOODSTADT, INCREASE 7,690 PLACES

THE

MRS GOODSTADT, ADDRESSING THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF NEW VOICE CLUB OF HONG KONG, POINTED OUT THAT COMPRISE 1,650 DAY ACTIVITY CENTRE PLACES,

THE PLACES WOULD 2,110 PLACES AND 3,930 RESIDENTIAL PLACES.

SHELTERED WORKSHOP

"THE GOVERNOR, IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS, HAS CLEARLY COMMITTED AN ALLOCATION OF AN

TO ADDITIONAL $2.3 BILLION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES FOR THE NEXT FOUR

EXPANSION AND YEARS," SHE

SAID.

SERVICES,

EXPENDITURE WOULD REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF

IN 1976/77 OR 66 TIMES IN

BE 12

IN RESPECT OF REHABILITATION INCREASED TO $836 MILLION IN 1996/97 TIMES IN REAL TERMS FROM $12.7 MILLION MONETARY TERMS, MRS GOODSTADT SAID.

WILL CONTINUE.

"PRIORITY IN EXPANDING REHABILITATION SERVICES EXPENDITURE IN THIS AREA IS NOW 19 PER CENT OF TOTAL WELFARE SERVICES BUT WILL INCREASE TO 23 PER CENT BY 1996/97.

"WE MUST ALL WORK VERY HARD SO THAT THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT WILL EQUAL AN INCREASE OF OUR ACCEPTANCE," SHE SAID.

KONG,

EXPENDITURE ON

INCREASE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING AND

CLUB OF HONG VOLUNTARY

TURNING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW VOICE MRS GOODSTADT SAID IT WAS A NON-PROFIT-MAKING ORGANISATION WITH THE AIM OF ENHANCING MUTUAL LARYNGECTOMEES, PATIENTS WHO HAD SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE LARYNX.

SUPPORT AMONG THE

"SELF-SUPPORTING GROUPS, SUCH AS THIS ONE

FORMED AMONG

LARYNGECTOMEES, IS IMPORTANT,

"

SHE ADDED.

/THEY WERE