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Thursday, December 7, 1972

"It is always open to them while in service to work for higher

qualifications," he said. "Like other members of the Department, they

will have opportunities for further training so as to make advancement

possible.

"The evaluation of the social work training provided by the

Baptist College is a matter on which the Social Welfare Department will

wish to have the advice of the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training.

The Committee will be considering this matter shortly."

which

be set up by

And this recommendation

It was, in fact, the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training

who had recommended that an Institute for Social Work Training

was criticised by these students of the Baptist College

the Government outside existing academic institutions.

had been fully supported by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

The Committee was chaired by Miss Patricia Nye, and included

representatives of the two universities, the Hong Kong Council of Social

Service, and a number of voluntary agencies.

Mr. Lee said the Instutute had also been fully supported by

Dame Eileen Younghusband, an eminent social work educator in the United

Kingdom and Dr. Irving Spergel, United Nations Adviser on Youth Work. It

had been warmly welcomed by educational and welfare circles in Hong Kong.

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