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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993

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WHITE PAPER ON REHABILITATION DUE NEXT YEAR

THE

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GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO

ON

PUBLISH A WHITE PAPER REHABILITATION NEXT YEAR, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, DR SH LEE, SAID.

THE

HAD

A ΤΟ REPLYING

QUESTION BY THE HON HUI

IN YIN-FAT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), DR LEE SAID THE GOVERNMENT

THE CONSULTED

REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE (RDCC) ON WHICH AREAS IN THE GREEN PAPER ON REHABILITATION SHOULD ACCORDED PRIORITY.

BE

THE RDCC PRIORITY OF

"HAVING

TO PUBLIC VIEWS ON THE GREEN PAPER, REGARD DREW UP A SET OF CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE

HE SAID. MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE DOCUMENT,

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ΤΟ

PEOPLE

WITH

THESE CRITERIA INCLUDE THE EXTENT OF SHORTFALL IN SERVICE

AND PROVISION

THE DEGREE OF HARDSHIP IT HAS CAUSED DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THE

IN THE LIGHT OF RDCC'S ADVICE ON PRIORITISATION, DR

HAD

ON PROCEEDED WITH THE WORK GOVERNMENT SCHEDULE WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN FINALISED.

THE

LEE SAID IMPLEMENTATION

SOCIAL IT COVERS

REHABILITATION, MEDICAL, REHABILITATION, SPECIAL EDUCATION, TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC EDUCATION,

FUNDS

FOR THE VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE SCHEDULE HAVE BEEN THROUGH

CAPITAL LAST YEAR'S

INJECTION OF

BILLION $2.3 LOTTERIES FUND AND THE ANNUAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION EXERCISE.

SECURED INTO THE

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SECURITY CHECKS POLICY EXPLAINED

THE

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TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE SPECIAL BRANCH TO AGAINST CORRUPTION FOR SECURITY CHECKS INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REPORTS ON SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICERS IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH POLITICAL SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

IT

NEITHER DENOTES ANY CONCERN WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT OVER EFFICIENCY AND MORAL INTEGRITY OF THE SPECIAL BRANCH,

THE

AND

THE

THE

ALISTAIR

IN

WAS THIS

STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR

MR SECURITY, ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JIMMY MCGREGOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE TRANSFER WAS TO REALLOCATE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION WHICH THE SPECIAL BRANCH WOULD FIND INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO PERFORM WITH A REDUCED NUMBER OF STAFF, MR ASPREY SAID.

IT

ALSO REFLECTS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CHECKS, THAT VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN POSTS REQUIRING DEGREE OF TRUST, HE ADDED.

IN IS, A HIGH

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