HEAD 71— SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Estimate 1961/62
Revised estimate 1960/61
Approved estimate 1960/61
Actual expenditure 1959/60
Permanent staff
Supernumerary staff
Net increase
New posts
1 Administrative Officer
1 Executive Officer
6 Clerks
6 Typists
2 Social Welfare Officers Class I
4 Social Welfare Officers Class II
14 Social Welfare Officers Class III
1 Welfare Supervisor
7 Welfare Assistants Class I
27 Welfare Assistants Class II
1 Nurse
4 Trade Instructors
16 Clerical Assistants
1 Motor Driver
4 Watchmen
11 Amahs Class III
5 Messengers
13 Labourers
$7,393,400
6,624,000
6,293,200
4,658,829
1960/61
1961/62
Difference
360
484
+ 124
1
2
+ 1
125
1 Social Welfare Officer Class III
Supernumerary Staff
125
231
The staff increases reflect the continuing expansion of the activities of all the sections of the Department. Among the additional posts are those required to staff the Tsuen Wan Community Centre and the Children's Reception Centre, both of which are World Refugee Year projects. The inclusion of one post of Administrative Officer and one of Executive Officer, together with a number of clerical posts, is to relieve professional officers of administrative and clerical duties. The increasing demands of the Courts have called for strengthening of the Probation service. Additional posts are required for the Child Welfare Section to deal with the increasing number of applications for legal adoption.
Other Charges Annually Recurrent show a net increase of $714,500. The main increases are in Relief and Public Assistance ($400,000) to provide cooked meals or dry rations for destitutes and to meet increased claims by certain voluntary agencies for reimbursement of local transportation expenses for dis- tributing food; Special Welfare Services ($94,900) to cover expenses arising from the steady expansion of