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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993

ALSO HE

SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED, NOTED THAT IN THE WRITTEN MAJORITY (60 PER CENT) SUPPORT THE POLLUTER-PAYS PRINCIPLE.

THE GROUP SUBMISSIONS, PARTICULARLY MOST OF INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS, SUPPORT BOTH THE PRINCIPLE AND PROPOSALS.

THERE 13 ALSO MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS.

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THE TRADE AND THE CHARGING

AMONG PRINCIPLE

THE

ON DOMESTIC SEWAGE CHARGES

SOME SUBMISSIONS DID ASK FOR FURTHER CONCESSIONS CHARGES, POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF A MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WOULD BE CALCULATED AT A FIXED RATE OF WATER BILLS.

H MR EASON "THIS IS NOT THE CASE, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE FURTHER EXPLANATIONS TO CLEAR UP SUCH MISUNDERSTANDINGS, SAID.

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MOTION DEBATE ON SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES

THE FOLLOWING IS THE SPEECH BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ON SINGLE WELFARE, DR S AND

H LEE, AT THE MOTION DEBATE FAMILIES THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING:

HEALTH PARENT

MADAM DEPUTY,

HERE IN HONG

KONG

IN

AND

AND STRENGTHEN INTER-PERSONAL

THE FAMILY IS THE CORNER-STONE OF SOCIETY. WE HAVE A STRONG TRADITION OF FAMILY WHERE CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT UP A CARING AND LOVING ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE CARE FOR THEIR ELDERLY

OUR POLICY IS TO PRESERVE DEPENDENT FAMILY MEMBERS. THE FAMILY AS A BASIC UNIT AND TO DEVELOP CARING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS. TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY, WE HAVE IN PLACE A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE CATERS FOR THE NEEDS OF SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES.

WHICH ALSO

IN THIS MOTION DEBATE, HONOURABLE MEMBERS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS SUCH AS HOUSING AND FINANCIAL NEEDS FACED BY SINGLE NOT PECULIAR TO IN HONG KONG, THESE PROBLEMS ARE FAMILIES PARENT

MAY SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES. OTHER FAMILIES AND DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ALSO EXPERIENCE SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES FROM TIME TO TIME. OUR SERVICES INCLUDING SINGLE THEREFORE AVAILABLE TO ALL THOSE WHO NEED THEM PARENT FAMILIES.

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