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He said a one-line-vote for social welfare subventions is to be
introduced in the year 1974/75 which would mean that the allocation of
subventions to individual voluntary agencies will become the responsibility
of the Director of Social Welfare acting on the advice of the Social
Welfare Advisory Committee.
The procedures for allocation of grants from
the Lotteries Fund will also be improved.
Mr. Li said with the establishment of the overall policy and
strategy for social welfare in the White Paper and the Five Year Plan and
with the implementation of projects proceeding satisfactorily, it is now
possible to focus attention on particular areas of difficulty which
require inter-departmental co-ordination.
One such area, he said, concerns the future needs of the elderly
on which a working party had recently published a report.
He said a number of valuable comments had been received revealing
a great degree of support for action in this field over a wide front and
when these had all been digested, the government would be able to bring
forward firm proposals about the future provision of services in this field.
Another area in which co-ordination was necessary, he said, was
the rehabilitation of the disabled.
Mr. Li said much preliminary consultative work had already been
undertaken between government departments and voluntary agencies in this
field. The Ad Hoc Working Group on Rehabilitation has produced a very
useful working paper summarising a large number of concepts and recommendations
discussed by representatives of the government and the Hong Kong Council of
Social Service.
This paper,