CONFIDENTIAL
RECORD OF MEETING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO DISCUSS REVIEW OF
SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEMES ON SATURDAY 30 APRIL AT 10.30 AM
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Present:
HE CS
S for S3
DS for SS
PAS/SS9
DSW
Mr T S Heppel I AOP/SWD
PS/GI
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Mr Heppell's
work in Hong Kong.
2. The following points were overed in the course of
discussion:
(a) The role of Mr Heppell WILS to assİSL in the review
of social welfare programmes to which Government.
was committed and attached great importance. Mr
Heppell's work would therefore be to guide and
master-mind The Government's review rather than to
conduct a separate exercise It would be open
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to him to disassociate himself from the result if
he wished.
(b) The general timing of the review should be such as
to enable HE to refer to the main conclusions
in
his opening address to LegCo in October 1977; and
to enable a White Paper, setting out the Government's
proposals in the Light of the review, to be
published in November in time for the necessary
resources to be considered for inc
1978/79 estimates. To achieve
was agreed that the green
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this
timetable
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for the
review
elderly and preventive social work among youth should
be submitted to ExCo by the first week of August at.
the latest; and that a paper seeking approval for
the broad conclusions of The Government's
should be put to Exco by The last week of Augus!
A note for Finance Branch would also be needed in preparing the Five Year Forecast which would be
done by the end of July. If the timetable above
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