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Reporter:
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1 going to look at their finances, etc etc or constitution etc etc.,
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do you have any sort of timetable or deadline in respect of those type of difficulties that you may have encountered ?
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DSW: No, we have no set deadline. I think we take each
case as it comes. The Assistant Director in charge of development and planning usually has a fair idea depending on the nature of the works as to what is a reasonable period and he would apply that criteria. If, for example, it gets stuck at any particular level during the negotiations then he sometimes will have to intervene and may need to take this up at a higher level in the agency and in this way we can hurry along the progress.
MR CHEONG: May we suggest that you look into the possibilit
of at least having some sort of a guideline or a deadline.
DSW: We have guidelines but we do not have
strict deadlines. We would, for example, tell our own subject
officer normally you should not take longer than, say, three months for the agencies' applications to come in for you to arrive at a decision as to whether an agency can do it. And things like, for example, financial ability, is not a normal problem. Even things like constitution is not a normal problem because most voluntary agencies' constitutions are properly drawn up, but we did have
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MR CHEONG: So most voluntary agencies would have enough
finances to at least apply for a reduction in subvention ?
DSW: Except that the Government is committed to 100 per
cent funding on quite a number of projects.
MR CHEONG: No wonder they don't
CHAIRMAN : Mr Cheong is very concerned about the social welfare aspect in our community, that they are taking their part.
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