1.
FIRST DRAFT
16°
HONG KONG
CIVIL AFFAIRS POLICY DIRECTIVE
Social elfare.
SOCIAL WELFARE
A central Social elfare Advisory Committee for the
purpose of stimulating and co-ordinating work in this field
should be established.
The Committee should be presided over
by a Senior fficer of the Administration and consist of
representatives of all Departments concerned and such unofficial
bodies or associations concerned with social welfare as may
be deemed desirable.
2. District Committees similarly constituted should be
organised for local areas.
3.
Government should appoint a Social elfare fficer and
any elfare 3taff should be under his direction.
Scope of the Socialelfare ryanisation.
The efforts of the Committees and the Social welfare
officer should be directed towards improving the general well-
being of the community in its widest sense. To this end, the
various Government Services which are directly concerned with
the social welfare of the people (in particular, the secretariat
for Chinese Affairs, the Urban Council, and the Medical and
Education Departments) should be conceived as part of a
co-operative effort in which all bodies and organisations, both
official and unofficial, which are competent to do so, should
play their part. Programmes of departmental activities should
form an integral part of a general plan for social welfare,
based on the ascertained needs of the community and so
constructed as to give proper weight to the requirements of
both urban and rural areas. Programmes should be sanctioned
only when thone conditions are fulfilled and it is clear that
the Departments and intereste concerned have been fully
consulted and that full\n-oceration is assured.
Social
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