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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN-SUPPLEMENT
ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, HONG KONG TEL 5-233191
Wednesday, July 16, 1980
ADDRESS BY SIR JACK CATER,
H.E. THE ACTING GOVERNOR AT THE ORENING CEREMONY OF THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL WELFARE
ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980, AT THE CITY HALL
On behalf of the people and the Government of Hong Kong, I have
much pleasure in welcoming the Council's officials, other distinguished
visitors and all participants to this, the 20th International Conference
on Social Welfare. Hong Kong is glad to have the opportunity of hosting
this important international conference, and I hope that you will not find
it wanting in the arrangements that have been made for your stay here.
Last Sunday, my wife and I had the considerable pleasure of
attending the opening of, as it were, one of your sister conferences:
that of the International Federation of Social Workers Symposium. That
was a hot afternoon, marked by rainstorms and thunder: the atmosphere
outside of the conference hall may have been torrid, but within that
gathering it was one of enthusiasm, the enthusiasm of concerned people.
I was much impressed, as I always an, when meeting with those deeply
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concerned with social welfare.
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