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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994

INTENT AND

HAS HAD THE MR PRESIDENT, I AM PLEASED THAT THIS COUNCIL

I AGREE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEBATE THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT TODAY.

NEW TO PURSUE WE MUST SEEK OF THE MOTION: THRUST

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MEMBERS' INITIATIVES TO TACKLE JUVENILE CRIME.

THIS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS WE SHOULD MAKE IN OUR APPROACH TO

PROBLEM. WE SHALL CERTAINLY

DIFFICULT CAREFULLY.

THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT.

CONSIDER THESE SUGGESTIONS

SHW ON FAMILY POLICY

SPEECH BY THE THE

HEALTH AND FOLLOWING IS WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK, IN MOTION DEBATE ON FAMILY POLICY IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

FOR SECRETARY

THE

MR PRESIDENT,

ENVIRONMENT

FOR

I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO HONOURABLE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN OF THE IMPORTANCE

OF BONDAGE OF THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY IS THE OLDEST FORM

PROVIDING AN BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS. IT CAN BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH,

THE PHYSICAL CARE, MUTUAL SUPPORT AND INTIMATE

IT EMOTIONAL SECURITY OF ITS MEMBERS, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.

AND MORAL VALUES, IS WITHIN THE FAMILY THAT WE LEARN BASIC SOCIAL

COPE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS,

WITH SHARE DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS,

FOR ONE CONFLICTS, CRISES AND TRAGEDIES, AND LOVE, NURTURE AND CARE ANOTHER.

ARE TO CARING

IN OUR 1991 OUR POLICY IN SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY IS SET OUT

THE 1990S AND BEYOND" WHITE PAPER ENTITLED "SOCIAL WELFARE INTO DESCRIBES THE FAMILY UNIT AS "A VITAL COMPONENT OF SOCIETY" AND STATES THAT THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF OUR FAMILY WELFARE SERVICES PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AS A UNIT AND TO DEVELOP INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ENABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS PREVENT PERSONAL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS AND TO DEAL WITH THEM WHEN THEY WITHIN THE ARISE AND TO PROVIDE FOR NEEDS WHICH CANNOT BE MET FROM FAMILY.

TO

FAMILY WELFARE POLICY

THE RAPID DEVELOPED

WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND AND HAVING REGARD TO SOCIAL CHANGES IN HONG KONG, OUR WELFARE SERVICES HAVE BEEN TO ABBIST FAMILIES TO DISCHARGE THEIR CARING AND PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT THE FAMILY BO THAT IT CAN FUNCTION PROPERLY AND INTERVENE ONLY WHEN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ARE IN

FAMILY WELFARE OUR

SERVICES NEED OF

AND PROTECTION. ASSISTANCE

FUNCTIONS THEREFORE SUPPORT AND SUPPLEMENT RATHER THAN SUBSTITUTE THE OF THE FAMILY. OUR FAMILY WELFARE POLICY FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AND DEVELOPED TO IMPLEMENT EACH OF THEM.

AREAS

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