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MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1992

VESSEL CONTROL SYSTEMS "OWNERS OF LOCAL CRAFT WILL SOON FIND BEING AMENDED TO MAKE LIFF FASTER FOR THEM IN THEIR DEALINGS

WITH MY

· FPARTMENT, WITHOUT THE NECESSARY SAFETY STANDARDS FALLING," HE SAID.

IS

STATE WHAT "THE MAIN PRINCIPLE OF THESE CHANGES IS TO CLEARLY

ISSUES, SAFETY

AND MOVE THE ON PARTICULARLY REQUIRED,

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHECKING THESE STANDARDS FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO

GREATER PROVIDING OWNERS,

MAINTAINING STANDARDS BUT SO IN THE OVERALL SYSTEM.

"

FLEXIBILITY

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NEW DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TAKES UP OFFICE

THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, TODAY (MONDAY) TAKES UP HTS OFFICE.

MR STRACHAN SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGING JOB.

"WE WILL HAVE TO WORK VERY TARGETS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE WHITE REHABILITATION.

IN HARD

ORDER то IMPLEMENT THE PAPER AND THE GREEN PAPER ON

"THIS WILL REQUIRE

CO-OPERATION.

NOT ONLY

BETWEEN THE

DEPARTMENT AND THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS BUT ALSO THE VISIBLE PUBLIC SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

VULNERABLE.

THE WAY IN INTERGRATED THEM WHICH HE WOULD

MR STRACHAN SAID A MATURE SOCIETY WAS MEASURED BY

ITS

GROUPS AND WILLE|| ET LOOKED AFTER

THEME WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THIS WOULD BE A CONSTANTLY REFER TO.

HE ADDED THAT HE HAD A LONG PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT DISABLED IN HONG KONG AND THAT HE RECOGNISED THAT DISABILITY, MUST BE STRESSED.

THE

WORKING WITH ABILITY, NOT

IN OUR SOCIETY, SUCH AS THE "ALL THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE

THE HANDICAPPED, ELDERLY, THE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, THE POOR AND

WITH PROVIDF THEM

THE NECESSARY HELP AND MUST KNOW THAT WE WILL

INTEGRATED ROLE WITHIN CONCERN SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A RIGHTFUL AND OUR COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

SERVICE

MR STRACHAN, AGED 48, FIRST JOINED THE HONG KONG CIVIL TN 1965 AND WAS APPOINTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1971.

ΓΝ DEPARTMENT, THE

SERVED

MR STRACHAN 1 DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS CAREER THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, THE THEN HOME AFFAIRS

CITY THE

AND NEW TERRITORIES THEN SOCIAL

BRANCH, SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND THE FINANCE BRANCH.

MORE RECENTLY HE WAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FROM

TO 1987, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY FROM 1987 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE FROM 1988 TO 1990,

1986 TO

1988

AND

HE BECAME DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY IN MAY 1990.

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