FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1980
CONTRIBUTION BY VOLUNTEER WORKERS RECOGNISED
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS RELIED AND CONTINUES TO RELY HEAVILY ON THE EFFORTS AND CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTEERS IN THE ORGANISATION OF MANY ACTIVITIES INCLUDING COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS, CAMPAIGNS AND OTHER LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMMES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY.
SIR JACK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL THIS AFTERNOON.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTEERS, IN BODIES RANGING FROM LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD ORGANISATIONS, SUCH AS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS, TO STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES +WHO OFFER THEIR SERVICES FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH FIRM CONVICTION AND COMMITMENT, WITHOUT THOUGHT OF REMUNERATION.+
HE STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANT SUPPORTING ROLE THE VOLUNTEERS PLAYED IN A VARIETY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ON EITHER A PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME BASIS.
+ IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF VOLUNTEERISM DERIVES FROM ITS BASIS IN INDIVIDUAL AND INDEPENDENT INITIATIVE, A QUALITY WHICH HONG KONG HAS IN ABUNDANT SUPPLY,
+ IT MUST NOT BE CONSTRAINED OR OVERLY ORGANISED, BUT SHOULD AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE BE ALLOWED FREE REIN TO DEVELOP IN ITS OWN WAY.
+VOLUNTEERS ARE AN IMPORTANT HUMAN RESOURCE, PARTICULARLY HERE IN HONG KONG PROPERLY AND EFFICIENTLY USED THEY CAN HELP SPEED UP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF COMMUNITY LIFE GENERALLY, HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT LEADS CHECK ON STAFF ID'S
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THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF HAS RESPONDED TO THE NEW LEGISLATION WHICH MAKES IT AN OFFENCE FROM NOVEMBER 3 TO EMPLOY ANYONE WITHOUT SPECIFIED IDENTITY DOCUMENTS.
IN A CIRCULAR ISSUED TO ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS, THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT HAS ADVISED THAT ONLY CANDIDATES WHO POSSESS ONE OF THE SPECIFIED DOCUMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCIES, OR AS CASUAL WORKERS.
A SPOKESMAN SAID DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE NOW MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO INSPECT IDENTITY CARDS AND OTHER RECOGNISED DOCUMENTS OF ALL OFFICERS, AND TO MAINTAIN COMPLETE RECORDS, AS SET OUT IN THE NEW SECTION 17K OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.
+THIS WILL BE DONE BY NOVEMBER 3,+ HE SAID. THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF INTENDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS WHICH PERTAIN TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ARE OBSERVED.+
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