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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987
THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION COST OF AN AGENCY WAS AT PRESENT CLASSIFIED AS CATEGORY II, MEANING THAT IT WAS SUBVENTED AT A PERCENTAGE.
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF A SOUND THE AGENCY DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT THEIR SUPPORTING STAFF AND
THE COST COVERED THE MOST MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THE SALARY OF DIRECTOR, ACCOUNTANT, SECRETARY AND MANY CASES RENTALS FOR THEIR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION.
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MR HU NOTED THAT IN PRACTICALLY EVERY POLICY STATEMENT OR WHITE OR EXPLICITLY STATED PAPER ON SOCIAL WELFARE, IT WAS EITHER IMPLIED THAT THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES WAS THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THAT THEIR MUTUAL RELATION WAS ONE OF PARTNERSHIP.
"IN THE SPIRIT OF SUCH STATEMENTS, THE PROVISION OF AN EQUALLY
AGENCIES 13 EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP FOR THE VOLUNTARY
FULLY
JUSTIFIED,
HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT SINCE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO BE RANKED AS A CATEGORY I SERVICE, MEANING THAT IT WAS FULLY SUBVENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
MR HU SAID HIS OTHER CONCERN WAS THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY AGENCIES. HE NOTED THAT THE REPORT BY WORKING GROUP MAINLY TALKED ABOUT COSTS, NUMBERS AND FIGURES.
"I SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD MAKE ROOM FINANCIALLY TO ALLOW INPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF THEIR SOCIAL WORK SERVICES AS ALREADY PLANNED," HE SAID.
SECTION AND OUT THE
HE ALSO QUESTIONED THE ADEQUACY OF THE EVALUATION THE FIELD STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN CARRYING DAY-TO-DAY MONITORING OF THE SUBVENTED AGENCIES.
"I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH SUBVENTED SERVICE UNIT CAN BE VISITED ONLY THREE TIMES A YEAR AND I WONDERED IF THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IS SATISFIED THAT THE EXISTING LEVEL OF CONSULTATION AND THE FREQUENCY OF THESE LIAISON VISITS CAN ENSURE THAT IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR SOCIAL WORK SERVICES WILL BE POSITIVELY ENCOURAGED", HE SAID.
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