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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1994

GOVERNOR SPEAKS TO REPORTERS AFTER SUMMIT MEETING

ON TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED

WE

GOVERNOR: WE'VE HAD THREE SUMMITS NOW, INVOLVING DISABLED GROUPS.

REPRESENTATIVES HAD THE FIRST JUST OVER A YEAR AGO TO BRING TOGETHER OF THE DISABLED AND SOME OF OUR TRANSPORT OPERATORS TO CONSIDER HOW WE DISABLED. THAT COULD MAKE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING FACILITIES FOR THE

то HAVE HELD SUCCESSFUL FOR US MEETING

ANOTHER WAS SUFFICIENTLY MEETING INVOLVING THE DISABLED AND EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AT WHICH WITH DISABILITY. THOSE WE LOOKED AT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSPORT AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DISABLED.

PROGRESS WE'VE THE

WE HAD TODAY WAS TO SEE HOW MUCH MEETING MADE SINCE THE FIRST MEETING IN DEVELOPING FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED HONG SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE AROUND WITH THE MAXIMUM INDEPENDENCE IN

ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN KONG. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE COMPLACENT

YEAR A ACHIEVED, BUT I THINK THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT IN THE LAST

TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR VERY

DEAL HAS BEEN DONE TO IMPROVE GREAT

ONE

DISABLED OF THE THOSE

VARIOUS FORMS OF DISABILITY. WITH

THAT MORE CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR SUMMIT UPSTAIRS SAID THAT HE THOUGHT

THE PREVIOUS 15. PROGRESS HAS BERN MADE IN THE LAST YEAR THAN IN SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE IN THE WIND THAT NOW WE MUCH MORE TOOK THESE ISSUES, TRANSPORT OPERATORS TOOK THESE ISSUES SERIOUSLY AND GAVE THEM MORE PROMINENCE ON THEIR AGENDA.

THINGS

THAT I'D LIKE

TO IT

ΤΟ THERE ARE

SINGLE OUT FOR FOUR

PRODUCE A PARTICULAR NOTE. FIRST OF ALL WE UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR TO BOOKLET, GIVING THE DISABLED A GUIDE TO THE TRANSPORT FACILITIES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THAT BOOKLET, THAT GUIDE HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE

ENGLISH AND IN TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN CHINESE, OF COURSE IN BRAILLE. I THINK IT HAS BEEN FOUND VERY USEFUL BY THE DISABLED GROUPS THEMSELVES. HAVE

SIGNIFICANTLY WHO

OF COURSE CONTRIBUTED SECONDLY, INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT OPERATORS HAVE THEMSELVES MADE A NUMBER THE TRANSPORT OPERATORS OF CHANGES AND WE HAD PRESENTATIONS ON THOSE.

HOPING HAVE PRODUCED VIDEOS ON WHAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT THEY ARE TO ACHIEVE AND I HOPE THAT THOSE VIDEOS WILL BE SHOWN GROUPS OF COMMUNITY CAN GOVERNMENT'S SERVICE.

NOT ONLY TO THAT THE WHOLE WHAT'S HAPPENING. ON

OUR DEVELOP

REHABUS

DISABLED BUT ALSO ON TELEVISION, SO

A KEENER APPRECIATION OF GET

WE PART,

UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR TO

WE ARE BRINGING ON STREAM SEVEN NEW VEHICLES IN THE COMING YEAR AND WE ARE INCREASING BY 40 PERCENT THE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THAT GO INTO REHABUS WHICH DOES, I THINK, MAKE A CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRANSPORT NEED OF THE DISABLED BECAUSE IT IS ABLE TO OPERATE SO

SERVICES

ABOUT FLEXIBLY, PROVIDING

5000 DIFFERENT EACH MONTH FOR

THAT JOURNEYS, DIFFERENT TRAVELLERS. FINALLY, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE

ACCOUNT OF THE IN PLANNING FUTURE TRANSPORT UNDERTAKINGS, WE TAKE

WE ARE DOING THAT, FOR REQUIREMENTS AND NEEDS OF THE DISABLED. EXAMPLE THE MTRC ARE DOING THAT IN THE PLANNING THAT THEY ARE FORWARD FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY.

TAKING

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