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The aim surely is the best organisation, the best training, the best social workers for the job in hand
ssisting, improving the lot of the community: in particular
those who are finding the less fortunate, the deprived and it difficult to cope with the pace of modern day life. aim is not self-glorification, but service.
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It is not for me to pontificate but I do believe that there are important questions to be asked, and which need to be answered, within the framework of your Symposium. Indeed, your Symposium's theme: "Social work and Social Action: Implications for the Social Worker, the Agency and the Professional Association" provides an excellent opportunity for these complex matters and their interplay
to be examined and dicussed.
I hope you will find Hong Kong a stimulating place
to carry out your deliberations.
Hong Kong's social work
profession is, of course comparatively young:
no doubt
we have much to learn from more seasoned social work
professions elsewhere but this learning will, I hope, result in a judicious election and application of what is best
for Hong Kong and its people at its present stage of
development.
Madam Chairman, I wish the Symposium every success and our visitors a fruitful and pleasant stay in Hong Kong.