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SPEECH BY THE HON THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE MR. J.W. CHAMBERS, O.B.E., J.P.,
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 9 MARCH 1988
SOCIAL WORK TRAINING FUND (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
Resumption of Second Reading Debate
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
sir,
I have listened with interest to the Mr. HUI's
remarks about the Social Work Training Fund Committee and
I am grateful for his support for this Bill.
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I agree with Mr. HUI that there is a continuing
need for the sharing of experience in promoting the
training prospects of social workers and in the
And there is a forum for this in the advisory committee on social work training. Nevertheless
development of indigenous teaching materials. We vintend
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to look afresh at the composition and terms of reference
of this Committee to see whether any changes may be
appropriate to reflect changing circumstances since the
establishment of the committee in 1961. So far as the
criteria adopted by the Committee for sponsoring
individuals for social work training are concerned
details are in fact given in the Fund's Annual Report
which is tabled each year in this Council, and which is
available to anyone who may be interested. So the
Committee, which already includes members active in the
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social work training field, is not quite so inscrutable as
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Mr. HUI suggests.