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Question No. 11

REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE TO A QUESTION BY DR. THE HON. HENRIETTA IP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1985

Question: Could Government make a statement on:

(a) its overall plan for the provision

of services for the aged in the next ten years?

(b) its policy towards the subvention of

voluntary agencies providing services for the elderly?

Sir,

Detailed

The Government's policy on the provision of services

for the elderly, as set out in the 1979 White Paper on

Social Welfare, is to promote the well being of people

over 60 primarily through care in the community.

plans for the implementation of the policy are set out in

the Five-Year Plan for Social Welfare Development, which

is reviewed and rolled foward each year. In addition to

the services specially provided for them, elderly people

also benefit from the social security system, of which they

form the majority of the beneficiaries.

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Community support services in the form of home

help, personal care and limited nursing services, counselling,

social and recreational activities are available in multi-

service centres for the elderly. By the end of 1985, there

will be 12 such centres, and it is intended to meet the

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