WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987
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IMPROVEMENT TO WELFARE SERVICES URGED
THE HON MRS
ROSANNA TAM
OF
BOTH WELFARE
PROPORTION ALLOCATION
SAID TODAY
THAT (WEDNESDAY) IN THE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY AND QUANTITY WERE IMPORTANT SERVICES AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALLOT A REASONABLE OF FUND FOR IMPROVING EXISTING SERVICES WHEN DECIDING OF WELFARE SUBVENTIONS.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE
DEBATE ON SOCIAL WELFARE SUBVENTION
COUNCIL
THE
DURING THE ADJOURNMENT MRS POLICY,
TAM SAID THAT AT PROVISION WAS USED PRESENT A GREAT PROPORTION OF THE ANNUAL WELFARE
EXPANDING TO MAINTAIN EXISTING SERVICES WHILE THE REST WERE USED FOR NEW SERVICES, FUNDS FOR IMPROVING THE EXISTING SERVICES, HOWEVER, WERE SERIOUSLY LACKING, SHE NOTED.
TOTAL OF
SHE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE A
11 NEW CENTRES 206 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES, GROWING AT A RATE OF PER YEAR. BUT AS FAR AS QUALITY WAS CONCERNED, THE STANDARD RATIO SUPERVISORY STAFF HAD NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
FOR
TURNING TO ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
WAS
SUBVENTIONS, MRS TAM AGREED THAT IT MONITOR THE FINANCE OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
CONCERNING
GOVERNMENT NECESSARY TO APPROPRIATELY
AND AT THE SAME TIME, ONE MUST REALISE THAT VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
WELFARE SERVICES TO THE GOVERNMENT WERE CLOSE PARTNERS IN PROVIDING THE PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE MUTUAL TRUST BETWEEN THE TWO.
MRS TAM SAID THAT AS POINTED OUT IN THE REPORT OF
IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE IN GROUP SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT, AN SUBVENTION MUST
FLEXIBILITY FOR AGENCIES IN THEIR FINANCES.
ΤΟ BE
THE WORKING GOVERNMENT VOLUNTARY
ALLOW MAXIMUM
"BASED ON THE ABOVE PRINCIPLE, 1 STANDARD COST SYSTEM OF SAID, ADDING THAT THE PRINCIPLE.
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SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF THE SUBVENTION INTRODUCED SINCE 1982-83, SHE SYSTEM SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AS A MATTER OF
SHE ALSO
CONSIDERED THE
REPORT ACCEPTABLE. HOWEVER, THERE SYSTEM AS SUGGESTED BY THE THREE POINTS WHICH MERITED SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
MODIFIED STANDARD COST SUBVENTION
HERE
OF STAFF
MONTHLY MUST WELL BEFORE
FIRST, IN CHANGING THE PAYMENT
TO A COST BASIS INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS QUARTERLY BASIS, THE GOVERNMENT ENSURE THAT SUCH PAYMENTS REACHED THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES THE PAY-DAY OF EACH MONTH.
OF SHE SUGGESTED THAT A REVIEW VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SHOULD BE MADE AFTER THIS NEW PROCEDURE.
THE CASH FLOW SITUATION IN A YEAR'S IMPLEMENTATION OF
SECOND, SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE SOON AS POSSIBLE EXTENDING THE OTHER LONG-AWAITED SERVICES.
CONSIDER GOVERNMENT SHOULD STANDARD COST SUBVENTION SYSTEM
AS
ΤΟ
"I AM