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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1975

AWARD FOR SUGGESTING IMPROVEMENT

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AN ASSISTANT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE TEPARTMENT, MISS LUK YIU-CHEUNG, WAS PRESENTED WITH AN AWARD OF

500 TODAY (TUESDAY) FOR SUGGESTING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PAYMENT SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT'S DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY ALLOWANCES

MEME WHICH WOULD MEAN THE GOVERNMENT SAVING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TIME AND MONEY.

THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR. MORRIS MORGAN, AT A CEREMONY HELD IN THE CONFERENCE

OOM OF THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS.

MR. MORGAN SAID HER SUGGESTION THAT PAYMENT BE MADE THROUGH BANKS RATHER THAN CASH ORDER BOOKS MEANT THERE WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN TERMS OF PRINTING COSTS, STAFF TIME AND SPACE AND THOSE RECEIVING THE ALLOWANCES WOULD ALSO FIND IT HORE CONVENIENT AS THEY DID NOT HAVE TO LINE UP AT POST OFFICES OR TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES.

HE NOTED THAT ALREADY MORE THAN 23,000 PEOPLE WERE GETTING THEIR MONEY THROUGH THE BANKS PAYMENT SYSTEM WHICH STARTED IN JULY THIS YEAR.

HE SAID THE AWARD WAS BEING MADE NOT ONLY AS AN INCENTIVE TO OTHER STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO TO THOSE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AND DEMONSTRATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO ACCEPT NEW IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENT..

THE AWARD WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S STAFF SUGGESTIONS COMMITTEE AND WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER MADE.

MISS LUK, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR JUST OVER FOUR YEARS, IS DEPUTY SUPERVISOR OF A SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT WHICH DEALS WITH PAYMENTS OF THE DIA ALLOWANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

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