SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1979
SWD REGIONALISES ITS WELFARE SERVICES ******
THE OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE ON A NEW LOOK TOMORROW (MONDAY) AS THE DEPARTMENT REGIONALISES ITS WELFARE SERVICES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY,
AS FROM TOMORROW, THE DEPARTMENT'S DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICE WILL BE DECENTRALISED.
WITH REGIONALISATION COMING INTO EFFECT, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SPLIT INTO A DEPARTMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, FOUR REGIONAL OFFICES AND 11 DISTRICT OFFICES.
THE FOUR REGIONAL OFFICES COVER HONG KONG ISLAND, EAST KOWLOON, WEST KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. EACH IS HEADED
BY A REGIONAL OFFICER ACTING AS THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL ADMINISTRATOR IN HIS REGION.
THE DEPARTMENTAL HEADQUARTERS WILL RETAIN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPING NEW SERVICES, FOR ADMINISTERING SUBVENTIONS AND FOR TRAINING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) EXPLAINED THAT THE ORGANISATIONAL OVERHAUL WAS AIMED AT INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND COORDINATING WELFARE SERVICES BETTER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT EACH OF THE 11 DISTRICT OFFICES WOULD VIRTUALLY BE A MINI-SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT+, RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE SERVICES CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE DISTRICT — FAMILY SERVICES, REHABILITATION, SOCIAL SECURITY, SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY AND FOR YOUTH, AND PROBATION AND CORRECTION WORK AS WELL AS FOR LIAISON WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES CARRYING OUT SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT.
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+THROUGH BETTER CONCENTRATION AND COORDINATION OF SERVICES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO PROVIDE A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE TO PEOPLE IN NEED, HE SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE ACCOMMODATION FOR SOME OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES WAS STILL TEMPORARY AT THE MOMENT, BUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT WAS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO MOVE INTO PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION IN SUITABLE LOCATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PRESENT ADDRESSES OF THE 11 DISTRICT OFFICES -
HONG KONG ISLAND REGION
CENTRAL/WESTERN/ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE
WESTERN MAGISTRACY BUILDING, FOURTH FLOOR, 2 POKFULAM
ROAD.
EASTENTANCHAT
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