HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -15 March 1989 香港立法局 一九八九年三月十五日
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SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, the efforts being taken are as follows: the two departments, the police and the Fire Services, are reviewing their recruitment policies and procedures at the moment. This will be accompanied by increased publicity on television and through other media. The police are making new recruitment films which may be shown in schools and career exhibitions. Additional recruitment centres will also be set up by the Fire Services. As to the second part of Mrs. CHOW's question, the remedial measures, Sir, would be largely those which I have just mentioned but on an extended basis.
張人龍議員問:由於警務人員流失有增加,招募工作有困難,現存的少年警察訓練學校因何要關 閉?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, the closure of the Police Cadet School reflects the higher standards of recruit now coming forward in the community as a result of improved education.
Hospice care
5. MR. PAUL CHENG asked: Sir, in view of the chronic shortage of hospital beds in Hong Kong, will the Government inform this Council:
(a) what percentage of hospital beds are currently occupied by terminally ill patients; and
(b) whether consideration has ever been or will be given to establishing hospices in order to achieve the dual benefit of more specialized care for the terminally ill and more hospital beds for other needy patients?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, the concept of hospice care is to provide better care for the terminally ill, mainly cancer patients, the needs of whom in terms of emotional, spiritual and medical support are different from other patients who are able to look forward to recovery. On the basis that we are talking mainly about cancer patients in the terminal stage of their illness, it is estimated that about 2% of the hospital beds in the public sector are occupied by such patients.
The subject of hospice care was considered by the Medical Development Advisory Committee in 1987, and its advice was that while, in principle,
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