TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1986
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AT PRESENT THE STANDARD COST SYSTEM IS IMPLEMENTED IN SEVEN SERVICES, NAMELY SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, FAMILY CASEWORK, SMALL GROUP HOMES, FOSTER CARE, NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND POOL BUS FOR THE ELDERLY.
IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT SURPLUSES ACCUMULATED IN AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS IN 1983-84 AND 1984-85 WERE ESTIMATED TO BE $17.5 MILLION, SWAC ENDORSED A PROPOSAL THAT SUCH SURPLUSES SHOULD BE RECOVERED FROM AGENCIES' RESERVE ACCOUNTS AS SOON AS THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED. THE RECOVERED FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT ON APPROVED SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES.
THE MEETING ALSO ADVISED THAT THE INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE (ISS) BE UPGRADED FROM CATEGORY II TO CATEGORY 1. SUBVENTION WILL BE PROVIDED TO MEET 100 PER CENT OF THE RECOGNISED COSTS.
IN 1984-85 THE NUMBER OF WARDS OF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE ADOPTED OVERSEAS WAS 54, FOR WHOM LOCAL ADOPTION COULD NOT BE ARRANGED.
CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION PRESENTED
AS CONSUMERS BECOME MORE QUALITY-CONSCIOUS AND MORE READY TO TAKE ACTION FOR PRODUCT LIABILITY AGAINST DEFICIENT GOODS, A TREND TO MOVE UP-MARKET IS INEVITABLE, THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR YEUNG MADE THIS REMARK AT A CEREMONY WHEN A CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY -- THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE CERTIFICATE UNDER THE HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME (HOKLAS).
HE SAID INCREASING EMPHASIS WAS NOW BEING PLACED ON QUALITY AND ON TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE WITHIN MANY INDUSTRIES.
+THE LAST DECADE HAS WITNESSED THE EMERGENCE OF QUALITY CERTIFICATION SERVICES AND FOLLOWING THIS INTERNATIONAL TREND, THE HONG KONG LARORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED IM MAY 1985.
+HOKLAS CONFERS GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION ON COMPETENT LAORATORIES AND AIMS AT UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF THEIR TESTING SERVICES, + HE SAID.
+AS HOKLAS IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED, PRODUCTS TESTED BY HOKLAS-ACCREDITED LABORATORIES WILL GENERATE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TESTED TO INTERNATIONALLY TRACEABLE STANDARDS.
/+SINC. UR