WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1994
OF
GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION
*
PIECE AGAINST WELFARE,
THE GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING TO INTRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE
A DISABILITY PROTECT PEOPLE TO LEGISLATION
WITH DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND MRS ELIZABETH WONG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION, ΤΟ BE INTRODUCED INTO THE DISABILITY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN EARLY 1995, WILL GIVE PEOPLE WITH A THE LEGAL WEAPONS TO FIGHT FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND FOR ACCESS TO AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE," MRS WONG SAID.
PRESS CONFERENCE, SHE
THE VITAL DISABILITY
POINTED OUT THAT AT A SPEAKING
THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION RECOGNISED
WAS OF ADMINISTRATION IMPORTANCE IN CHANGING PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF THOSE WITH A AND CHANGING THEIR ATTITUDES ON HOW TO TREAT THEM,
"THAT IS WHY WE ARE SPENDING $32 MILLION BETWEEN 1993 AND ON STRENGTHENING PUBLIC EDUCATION ON INTEGRATION.
1997
"AND, AS IT HAS ELSEWHERE, THE LEGISLATION WILL ITSELF
PERFORM
A CAUTIONARY AND EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION.
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"IT WILL ENSHRINE IN THE LAW THE STANDARDS TO WHICH WE
SHE SAID. HONG KONG, AS A CIVILISED COMMUNITY, SHOULD ADHERE,
THE PROPOSED
PROVISIONS TO DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUND OF DISABILITY IN, FOR EXAMPLE:
LEGISLATION
WILL CONTAIN
BELIEVE
COVER
WORK (BY EMPLOYERS, PROFESSIONAL AND TRADE ORGANISATIONS, AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES);
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MEMBERSHIP OF PARTNERSHIPS, QUALIFYING BODIES AND CLUBS;
PROFESSIOFAL
ORGANISATIONS,
EDUCATION (BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN TERMS OF ADMISSION AND TREATMENT OF STUDENTS);
*
ACCESS TO
AND USE OF
BUILDINGS, PLACES, VEHICLES
AND
SERVICES;
*
ACCOMMODATION
PERSON'S
DEALING (BY LANDLORDS OR AGENTS IN APPLICATION FOR
OR COMMERCIAL
WITH A RESIDENTIAL
PREMISES); AND
* RECREATION AND SPORT.
WHICH
OF ARE
VITAL
"IN ADDITION, PROVISIONS ON DISCRIMINATION INVOLVING HARASSMENT
THE GROUND OF DISABILITY, VILIFICATION IMPORTANCE, WILL BE INCLUDED, SHE ADDED.
OR
ON
11
MENTAL
ON THE DEFINITION OF DISABILITY, MRS WONG SAID IT WAS DEFINE "DISABILITY" TO INCLUDE ANY PHYSICAL OR THAT LIMITED A PERSON'S LIFE ACTIVITIES.
TO
PROPOSED IMPAIRMENT
"PEOPLE WITH
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