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it is not contrary to public order or good morals or does not endanger the security of the security, health or sanitation.


Section 71. The State should strengthen the family unit which is an important basic element of society, provide an appropriate accommodation, promote and develop the enhancement of health in order to enable people to have good health and strong mind, as well as promote and develop excellence insports and to maximise the benefit for the people.

The State should promote and develop human resources to be good citizens with higher quality and abilities.

The State should provide assistance to children, youth, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities, indigent persons and underprivileged persons to be able to have a quality living, and shall protect such persons from violence or unfair treatment, as well as provide treatment, rehabilitation and remedies to such injured persons.

In allocating the budget, the State shall take into account the different necessities and needs with respect to genders, ages and conditions of persons to ensure fairness.


Section 72. The State should take actions relating to land, water resources and energy as follows:

  • (1) to plan the country’s land use to be appropriate to the area conditions and potentials of the land in accordance with the principles of sustainable development; * (2) to undertake town planning at every level and to enforce such town planning efficiently, as well as to develop towns to prosper and meet the needs of the people in the area;
  • (3) to provide measures for distribution of landholding in order to thoroughly and fairly allow people to have land for making a living;
  • (4) to provide quality water resources which are sufficient for consumption by the people, including for agriculture, industry and other activities;
  • (5) to promote energy conservation and cost-effective use of energy, as well as to develop and support the production and use of alternative energy to enhance sustainable energy security.


Section 73. The State should provide measures or mechanisms to enable farmers to efficiently carry out agriculture which yields produce of high quantity and quality that is safe, low cost and competitive in the market, and should assist indigent farmers to have land for making a living through land reform or any other means.