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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1984
WELFARE SERVICES IN HONG KONG, HE SAID, WERE PROVIDED THROUGH A VERY EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE WELFARE AGENCIES.
THE GOVERNMENT HAD THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THAT THE SERVICES WERE PLANNED AND PROVIDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. IT WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING MUCH OF THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FROM THE PUBLIC REVENUE.
THE AGENCIES, ON THE OTHER HAND, PLAYED THE IR PART BY BUILDING THE CENTRES, RECRUITING THE STAFF AND OPERATING THE SERVICES.
MR CHAMBERS PRAISED THE LADY MACLEHOSE CENTRE FOR ITS WIDE RANGE OF VALUABLE SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE OF KWAI CHUNG, INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL WORKERS.
HE SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO KNOW THAT UNDER THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, WELFARE INSITUTIONS RUN BY RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS MAY CONTINUE AFTER 1997.
+THIS IS GOOD NEWS INDEED, HE SAID.
EDUCATION CHIEF THANKED FOR WORK
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, WAS WARMLY THANKED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION IN HONG KONG BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT ITS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING TODAY.
MR HAYE WILL SHORTLY BE LEAVING FOR LONDON TO TAKE UP HIS NEW APPOINTMENT AS HONG KONG COMMISSIONER.
ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE CHAIRMAN, MR PETER C. WONG, SAID THAT MR HAYE WOULD BE MISSED.
+OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS THE KEY TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BOARD IS MUCH APPRECIATED, + MR WONG SAID. MR WONG WISHED MR HAYE CONTINUED SUCCESS IN HIS NEW ROLE.
MR HAYE WILL BE LEAVING THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AFTER 31. YEARS' SERVICE. HE JOINTED IN 1953 AS A TEACHER AT KING GEORGE V SCHOOL AND BECOME DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IN 1980.
MR HAYE WAS MADE A COMMANDER, ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1983.
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