22
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993
THEY SHE SAID THESE ORGANISATIONS WERE FREE TO SELECT WHOEVER
THOUGH THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDERED THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB
ΤΟ PRIORITY LIKE TO SEE
SUITABLY
LOCAL CANDIDATES WHERE AVAILABLE.
THESE
BODIES
GIVING
QUALIFIED
"I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF THESE ORGANISATIONS NOW FOLLOW A POLICY THEMSELVES," SHE ADDED.
SUCH
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNIT STRENGTHENED
THE SOCIAL
DEPARTMENT HAS STRENGTHENED WELFARE PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNIT WHICH HANDLES CHILD ABUSE CASES BY MORE EXPERIENCED SOCIAL WORKERS TO IT, THE SECRETARY FOR WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID.
THE
CHILD DEPLOYING HEALTH AND
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM SHING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MRS WONG SAID
OF
TO THE
EIGHT UNIT HAD BEEN INCREASED ESTABLISHMENT CASEWORKERS SINCE JANUARY 1991.
FROM
KUI-
THE
NINĖ
THE
THE RANKING OF THE CASEWORKERS HAS ALSO BEEN UPGRADED FROM ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK OFFICER RANK TO THE SOCIAL WORK OFFICER RANK, IN THE NEED VIEW OF THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF THE CASES HANDLED AND FOR OUTREACHING INVESTIGATION DUTIES.
"AT
PRESENT, THE AVERAGE CASELOAD OF A CASEWORKER IN THE
UNIT
IS 39.
CASE,
RATIO OF AND IS
ABUSE
"THIS CASELOAD IS IN LINE WITH THE APPROVED MANNING
TO 40 CHILD PROTECTIVE ONE CHILD
CASEWORKER CONSIDERED REASONABLE," MRS WONG SAID.
HOWEVER, SHE STRESSED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD MONITOR THE CASELOAD OF THE CASEWORKERS.
0
CONTRACT FOR STRATEGIC LANDFILL PROJECTS
CONTINUE TO
THE CHINESE SIDE ARE BEING CONSULTED ON THE CONTRACTS FOR STRATEGIC LANDFILL PROJECTS WHICH WOULD GO BEYOND JUNE 30, 1997.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YIU-CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
/MR EASON
THE
AND
TAM