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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

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IMPROVEMENT TO WELFARE SERVICES URGED

THE HON MRS

ROSANNA TAM

OF

BOTH WELFARE

PROPORTION ALLOCATION

SAID TODAY

THAT (WEDNESDAY) IN THE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY AND QUANTITY WERE IMPORTANT SERVICES AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALLOT A REASONABLE OF FUND FOR IMPROVING EXISTING SERVICES WHEN DECIDING OF WELFARE SUBVENTIONS.

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE

DEBATE ON SOCIAL WELFARE SUBVENTION

COUNCIL

THE

DURING THE ADJOURNMENT MRS POLICY,

TAM SAID THAT AT PROVISION WAS USED PRESENT A GREAT PROPORTION OF THE ANNUAL WELFARE

EXPANDING TO MAINTAIN EXISTING SERVICES WHILE THE REST WERE USED FOR NEW SERVICES, FUNDS FOR IMPROVING THE EXISTING SERVICES, HOWEVER, WERE SERIOUSLY LACKING, SHE NOTED.

TOTAL OF

SHE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE A

11 NEW CENTRES 206 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES, GROWING AT A RATE OF PER YEAR. BUT AS FAR AS QUALITY WAS CONCERNED, THE STANDARD RATIO SUPERVISORY STAFF HAD NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

FOR

TURNING TO ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

WAS

SUBVENTIONS, MRS TAM AGREED THAT IT MONITOR THE FINANCE OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

CONCERNING

GOVERNMENT NECESSARY TO APPROPRIATELY

AND AT THE SAME TIME, ONE MUST REALISE THAT VOLUNTARY AGENCIES

WELFARE SERVICES TO THE GOVERNMENT WERE CLOSE PARTNERS IN PROVIDING THE PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE MUTUAL TRUST BETWEEN THE TWO.

MRS TAM SAID THAT AS POINTED OUT IN THE REPORT OF

IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE IN GROUP SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT, AN SUBVENTION MUST

FLEXIBILITY FOR AGENCIES IN THEIR FINANCES.

ΤΟ BE

THE WORKING GOVERNMENT VOLUNTARY

ALLOW MAXIMUM

"BASED ON THE ABOVE PRINCIPLE, 1 STANDARD COST SYSTEM OF SAID, ADDING THAT THE PRINCIPLE.

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SUPPORT THE SPIRIT OF THE SUBVENTION INTRODUCED SINCE 1982-83, SHE SYSTEM SHOULD BE FOLLOWED AS A MATTER OF

SHE ALSO

CONSIDERED THE

REPORT ACCEPTABLE. HOWEVER, THERE SYSTEM AS SUGGESTED BY THE THREE POINTS WHICH MERITED SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.

MODIFIED STANDARD COST SUBVENTION

HERE

OF STAFF

MONTHLY MUST WELL BEFORE

FIRST, IN CHANGING THE PAYMENT

TO A COST BASIS INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS QUARTERLY BASIS, THE GOVERNMENT ENSURE THAT SUCH PAYMENTS REACHED THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES THE PAY-DAY OF EACH MONTH.

OF SHE SUGGESTED THAT A REVIEW VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SHOULD BE MADE AFTER THIS NEW PROCEDURE.

THE CASH FLOW SITUATION IN A YEAR'S IMPLEMENTATION OF

SECOND, SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE SOON AS POSSIBLE EXTENDING THE OTHER LONG-AWAITED SERVICES.

CONSIDER GOVERNMENT SHOULD STANDARD COST SUBVENTION SYSTEM

AS

ΤΟ

"I AM