SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH & WELFARE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 1987
Adoption (Amendment) Bill 1987
sir,
I would like to thank Dr Ho for his support for
the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 1987.
2.
The needs of the adoption service have always been
given high priority in the department's allocation of
manpower resources, and the manning ratio of one worker to
40 cases, which is considerably more favourable than for
other types of case work, takes into consideration the
labour intensive nature of this service. The amendments to
the Ordinance will, I am sure, enable the adoption
procedures to be further improved and streamlined.