reference
of 4th March, 1949, the Sub-Committee noted
with some regret that the Recommendation for
a separate Social Welfare Department
(Recommendation 1) had been rejected.
While
they fully appreciated the reasons for this
rejection and realized that at present it might
not be opportune to separate the Social Welfare
Office from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
as both were inter-dependent, they hoped,
nevertheless, that it might eventually be possible
to separate the two departments, since ideally
a Social Welfare Office should not be concerned
with political work.
tions
The Sub-Committee welcomed the survey which
had been carried out in response to Recommendation
3 but observed that as this survey covered only
the important voluntary organisations and had not
taken into account the numerous small Chinese
societies which undertook social welfare work, it
had not completely covered the voluntary contribution
in the field of social welfare.
They welcomed the institution of a university
course in social science at Hong Kong University
and appreciated that this was the first instance
providing
of a
Colony having social science training leading
to a University degree. They noted, however, that
no details had been given of any lower level
training and enquired whether any particulars
could be supplied.
They recognised the need for the Principal
Probation Officer to give further study to
Recommendation 6(i and ii) and realised that the
implementation of these recommendations and of
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