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I doubt, however, whether there is a need for a
special body to estimate social work manpower needs and to
plan training programmes, since the Advisory Committee on
Social Work Training is already in existence; together
with the Social Welfare Department's computerised social
the coutre work personnel information system, it should be able to
provide the necessary information and advice on this
subject. I shall follow with interest the current moves
towards the establishment of a voluntary register of
social workers.
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Sir,
Finally, I would like to thank Mrs. Tam for her
kind remarks about the relationship between the Government
and the voluntary welfare agencies. Far too often, it
seems to me, the impression is given that this
relationship is a continual battle, with impoverished
agencies struggling to obtain woefully inadequate
resources from a mean Government which rarely consults the
agencies before taking important policy decisions.
This
is just not true, and as Mrs. Tam has said, we have
involved the voluntary sector in a number of reviews of
important policy areas in recent years. The Social
Welfare Department and my Branch do have the often
thankless task of allocating funds between competing
demands, and we never have enough money to do everything
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that we would like We do our best and I believe that the
agencies understand our difficulties.
I was very glad
that Mrs. Tam said what she did, and I am confident that
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