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93.
I referred last year to
party on
disabled
The main
the working
pre-school care, education and training of children. The Government has accepted its report. recommendations include the establishment of early education and training centres for disabled children under two years of age and improved staffing standards for special child care centres. These will be implemented as resources permit. Earlier in the year a new Code of Aid for Special Schools was
introduced.
94.
Our plans for 1985 include preparation of a transport policy for the disabled, to ensure that as far as possible the requirements of the disabled are taken into account in general transport planning; enactment of new
legislation on
access to buildings; and the drafting
of
legislation on guardianship for the adult mentally ill or handicapped. Efforts to improve public awareness understanding of the problems of the handicapped, particular the mentally ill, will be stepped up.
95.
(e) Labour
and
in
The coming year will see the introduction of some important labour legislation. Priority is being given to legislation establishing the fund for the protection of wages on insolvency. We are also preparing amendments to the Employment Ordinance to ensure that the assets of a provident fund
are protected and available for their proper purpose, particularly in the case of threatened insolvency.
96.
Other matters being considered include two sets of regulations under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings
Ordinance, one controlling the use of asbestos in the workplace, and the other providing for the compulsory employment of safety
construction industry.
officers and supervisors in the
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