CO129-591-8 Policy directives 10-3-1944 - 17-8-1944 — Page 169

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FIRST DRAFT

16°

HONG KONG

CIVIL AFFAIRS POLICY DIRECTIVE

Social elfare.

SOCIAL WELFARE

A central Social elfare Advisory Committee for the

purpose of stimulating and co-ordinating work in this field

should be established.

The Committee should be presided over

by a Senior fficer of the Administration and consist of

representatives of all Departments concerned and such unofficial

bodies or associations concerned with social welfare as may

be deemed desirable.

2. District Committees similarly constituted should be

organised for local areas.

3.

Government should appoint a Social elfare fficer and

any elfare 3taff should be under his direction.

Scope of the Socialelfare ryanisation.

The efforts of the Committees and the Social welfare

officer should be directed towards improving the general well-

being of the community in its widest sense. To this end, the

various Government Services which are directly concerned with

the social welfare of the people (in particular, the secretariat

for Chinese Affairs, the Urban Council, and the Medical and

Education Departments) should be conceived as part of a

co-operative effort in which all bodies and organisations, both

official and unofficial, which are competent to do so, should

play their part. Programmes of departmental activities should

form an integral part of a general plan for social welfare,

based on the ascertained needs of the community and so

constructed as to give proper weight to the requirements of

both urban and rural areas. Programmes should be sanctioned

only when thone conditions are fulfilled and it is clear that

the Departments and intereste concerned have been fully

consulted and that full\n-oceration is assured.

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