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Grantham and the Hon. R. B. Black and Mrs. Black (now Sir Robert and Lady Black) devoted much of their time to seeing the various welfare activities in the Colony, whilst among the many visits paid by specialists in Social Welfare the one which must be specially mentioned was that of Mr. W. H. Chinn, C.M.G., Social Welfare Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies who arrived in Hong Kong on 28th April and spent 16 busy days visiting welfare centres, agencies and institutions.
6. The Social Welfare Office records with regret the death of Mr. D. A. E. Peterson, Principal Probation Officer, on 11.12.54 at Malta.
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CHAPTER II
THE SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE
During 1954/55 the Social Welfare Office continued to grow and to plan new services but at the same time, the necessity for consolidating recent advances was not overlooked. Actual as opposed to estimated budget expenditure amounted to HK$7,085,260.00 ($13,870.00 more than during 1953/54) of which $4,689,475.00 were spent on directly-administered welfare work, $97,589.00 on other charges, and $1,411,750.00 on cash grants to voluntary and other organizations which are listed together with the amounts of the grants at Appendix II, and $886,446.00 on salaries of the Social Welfare Office staff.
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The Departmental staff consists of 2 Administrative Officers and 1 Executive Officer, 74 professional officers (an increase of 6 over the previous year) and 71 other members including temporary social workers, clerks etc. A list of the senior staff is at Appendix III.
9. The activities of the Social Welfare Office are carried out through seven sections: Relief, Community Development, Child Welfare, Moral Welfare, Probation, Youth Welfare and General Duties. The Relief Section in addition to operating six
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