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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1974

CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL FOR THOSE WITH COMMON GOAL

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CO-OPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS VITH A COMMON AIN IS · ESSENTIAL IF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY ARE TO BE IMPROVED, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY.

CONSTANT REVIEW WAS ALSO NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT SERVICES MATCHED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HE ADDED.

· MR. LEE WAS SPEAKING AT A DINNER GIVEN IN HIS HONOUR BY THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE PO LEUNG KUK.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PO LEUNG KUK AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, HAD ALWAYS BEEN A CLOSE ONE AND BECAME MORE SO IN 1968 WHEN A WORKING PARTY, WHICH HE CHAIRED, WAS SET UP TO STUDY THE KUK'S SERVICES. THIS RESULTED IN PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENTS WHICH THE KUK IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE ITS SERVICES EVEN BETTER.

IT IS NOW ALSO REVIEWING VARIOUS SERVICES WITH THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.

MR. LEE SAID THE KUK WAS WELL ADMIRED WITHIN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SPIRIT IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN SPENDING TIME, MONEY AND EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

THIS WORK, HE POINTED OUT, HELPED THE GOVERNMENT IN THE PROVISION OF THE MOST NEEDED SERVICES.

MR. LEE WAS CONFIDENT THAT BETTER SERVICES COULD BE PROVIDED AND FUTURE PLANS LAUNCHED MORE SMOOTHLY IF THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION CONTINUED BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES, BOTH OF WHOM, HE SAID, HAD A COMMON GOAL.

HE ALSO PRAISED ITS PRESENT CHAIRMAN, MR. GALLANT HO, FOR HIS PERSONAL INTEREST IN IMPROVING THE KUK'S STANDARD OF SERVICES AND SAID HE WAS SETTING AN EXAMPLE TO ALL VOLUNTARY SOCIAL WORKERS.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF MR. LEE'S SPEECH ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

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