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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994

RELATED

IN

IN

OVERSEAS, "FAMILY POLICY" WHERE IT EXISTS, TENDS TO BE TO INCOME DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMILY ALLOWANCES AND INCOME TAX ARRANGEMENTS. IT IS ALSO USED AS A SOCIETAL POLICY RELATIONS A BROADER

WITH THE AIM OF TRANSFORMING SOCIAL SENSE ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIALIST OBJECTIVES AND ENSURING THAT THE FUNCTIONING OF SOCIALIST OF THE FAMILY WILL BE IN HARMONY WITH THE REQUIREMENT DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ALSO TIED TO POPULATION POLICY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LABOUR AND MAKING LONG TERM DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT

AN IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS NOT

EXPLICIT ECONOMIC MARKET.

OF PUBLIC FAMILY POLICY, THE EMPHASIS IS PLACED MORE ON THE IMPACT POLICIES ON INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN FAMILIES.

DO NOT HAVE AN HERE IN HONG KONG, MR PRESIDENT, WHILE WE

THE FAMILY EXPLICIT FAMILY POLICY, OUR PUBLIC POLICIES ALREADY TAKE

MY INTO CONSIDERATION.

COLLEAGUE, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, OF THE ACCOUNT ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS HAS ALREADY GIVEN A DETAILED

OF FAMILIES SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND POLICIES TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY AS

OF UNIT

LET ME GIVE SOME OTHER BASIC

EXAMPLES IN SOCIETY. POLICIES IN WHICH THE INTEREST OF THE FAMILY IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT :

(A)

THE

PUBLIC

THE GOAL OF TOWN PLANNING IN HONG KONG AS PROMULGATED IN THE PREAMBLE OF THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE IS TO "PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY".

THE IN CARRYING OUT ITS PLANNING FUNCTIONS, PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES INTO ACCOUNT.

(B)

FACTORS ARE

POLICIES.

TERTIARY

AND TRAINING

+

FAMILY

DULY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE FORMULATION OF EDUCATION AND MANPOWER SUFFICIENT SCHOOLS, MANPOWER EDUCATION PLACES ARE PROVIDED TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS PLAY FULLY AWARE THAT THE FAMILY HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO

HAS THE SCHOOLING AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND MUCH IN BEEN DONE TO INVOLVE THE FAMILY IN THIS REGARD.

(C)

THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSON AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WELL-BEING OF AN INDIVIDUAL ARE FREQUENTLY EMPHASISED IN MANY OF OUR HEALTH

PROGRAMMES.

RELEVANT

WHICH WHITE

FAMILY

ON

THE GIVEN

MR PRESIDENT, WE HAVE A CLEAR FAMILY WELFARE POLICY PROMOTES THE WELL-BEING OF THE FAMILY. THE 1991 SOCIAL WELFARE PAPER,

THE REQUIRES

POLICY BRANCHES TO CONSIDER PERSPECTIVE

DEVELOPING POLICIES THAT HAVE IMPLICATIONS WHEN A FAMILY AS

UNIT AND A RESOURCE. THE EXAMPLES I HAVE JUST ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES TO THE FAMILY IN THE MANY FACETS OF ITS PUBLIC POLICIES.

/IN SUPPORTING