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"DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS UP TO DECEMBER 1992, MORE THAN 7,800 MINOR INJURY CASES WERE SETTLED IN THIS WAY AND IT HAS SAVED THE WORKERS THE NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF TO VISIT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SAID.
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"BY SETTING OUT CLEAR OBJECTIVES, BY DEPLOYING RESOURCES FLEXIBLY TO COPE WITH AREAS OF PRIORITY OR TO INITIATE NEW PROGRAMMES, BY USING MORE COST-EFFECTIVE WORK SYSTEMS, AND BY MAXIMISING THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES AND PROVIDE GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY, POK SAID.
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PROGRAMME TO BOOST MANPOWER OF SOCIAL WORKERS
THE SOCIAL WELFARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SWAC), AT ITS MEETING TODAY (MONDAY), ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO RUN ANOTHER "BLISTER" PROGRAMME TO RAISE THE DIPLOMA STUDENT INTAKES BY 200 IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
BRIEFING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE UPDATED MANPOWER PROJECTIONS ON THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF TRAINED SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE COMING YEARS, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE (SOCIAL SECURITY},
MR ALEXANDER FUNG, SAID THE MOVE WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE SHORTAGE OF DIPLOMA GRADUATE SOCIAL WORKERS.
ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL WELFARE MANPOWER PLANNING SYSTEM REPORT NO. 5 RELEASED IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, THERE WILL BE A SHORTFALL OF 152 WORKERS BY MARCH 1993 AND 190 THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
"THE SHORTFALL IS EXPECTED ΤΟ DETERIORATE ΤΟ A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF 447 BY THE END OF 1996/97.
"THE PERSISTENT SHORTAGE OF DIPLOMA GRADUATE SOCIAL WORKERS IS MORE WORRYING AS THERE WILL BE A LARGE DEMAND FOR DIPLOMA GRADUATES TO MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS ARISING FROM SERVICE IMPROVEMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW UNITS," MR FUNG SAID.
MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL WORK TRAINING AND MANPOWER PLANNING, THUS, PROPOSED INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DIPLOMA PLACES IN TRAINING INSTITUTES THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
THE TRAINING INSTITUTES ΤΟ REDIRECT THEIR RESOURCES TO EXPAND THEIR DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES;
* TO INTRODUCE A "BLISTER" PROGRAMME TO INCREASE THE DIPLOMA
STUDENT INTAKES BY 200 IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND
* TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING A SOCIAL WORK
SUB-DEGREE PROGRAMME IN TRAINING INSTITUTES.
/THE SWAC