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it is not contrary to public order or good morals or does not endanger the security of the
State, health or sanitation.
Section 71. The State should strengthen the family unit which is an
important basic element of society, provide 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 in sports 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 should 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’s 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 toward prosperity 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.