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Wednesday, March 15, 1972

"Nowhere else in the world can we find such a number of voluntary

agencies providing a vast variety of services to the community in supplement

to Government's efforts," she said.

She was disappointed that Government had not seen fit to adopt

a more realistic subvention policy for nurseries, she said.

"Since more than 300,000 women work in industries and 200,000 in other

fields, the need for more nurseries or day-care centres has become more and

more acute," she pointed out.

Quality Of Service

On the Public Service, Mrs. Li said that there was one aspect in

the quality of service that every taxpayer would like Government to pay

special attention to, that is, the attitude and manners of some of the civil

servants need some improvement.

This could be done through training courses on techniques in public

relations, especially for those who represented Government in direct contact

with the public, she said.

"One rude word, an arrogant gesture or an attitude of indifference

may destroy in one moment an image our Government spends years and millions

of dollars to build up," she said.

On the high cost of dying, Mrs. Li said that for many years the

Urban Council had publicized a practical solution to this problem by offering

cheap cremation services and a niche for the ashes at the columbarium, all for

$300.

It had proved so popular that the niches of the columbaria at Cape

Collinson Crematorium and Wo Hop Shek Cemetery had all been taken up two years

ago.

She said she was glad to note that funds had been provided for an

extension to these columbaria in the 1972/73 estimates.

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