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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987
SOCIAL
DR LAM SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGH
WELFARE POLICY AIMED VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AT
ΤΟ
A
PROVIDE MAXIMUM MINIMUM (OST.
AS A RESULT, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WERE FORCED ΤΟ OPERATE ON SHOESTRING BUDGET, HE SAID.
"IN HONG KONG'S SOCIAL WELFARE SECTOR, WE GET WHAT WE PAY FOR
ENOUGH, HOWEVER, NEITHER WHAT WE PAY NOR WHAT WE GET FOR IT IS GOOD HE NOTED.
A
UNABLE ΤΟ PROVIDE EITHER IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF EXISTING
THEREFORE, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WERE
TO MUCH NEEDED NEW SERVICES NOR SERVICES, HE ADDED.
ON
MODIFIED BASED ON
ALL THE
PROBLEMS
DR LAM SAID HE SUPPORTED THE PROPOSALS BY THE WORKING GROUP
ON EXTENDING THE SOCIAL WELFARE SUBVENTION ADMINISTRATION
ON THE STANDARD COST SYSTEM AND
MONTHLY PAYMENT SYSTEM
EVEN IF ACTUAL STAFF COST. HOWEVER, HE WAS CONCERNED THAT
MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP WERE IMPLEMENTED, WOULD REMAIN UNRESOLVED.
DR LAM
ASKED WHY THE CENTRAL
ADMINISTRATION OF
VOLUNTARY
AGENCIES WAS NOT FULLY SUBVENTED.
HE SAID AT PRESENT THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF MOST AGENCIES
SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE WAS DESPERATELY SHORT-HANDED BECAUSE THEY
THE
NEEDED то MONEY TO ATTRACT THE CALIBRE OF STAFF THEY
UPGRADE THEIR
STANDARD OF SERVICE.
UNREALISTIC STATE
OF
"THE PRESENT SITUATION IS A TOTALLY AFFAIRS. HOWEVER, THERE IS A WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE.
JN
THE
SUBVENT "IF WE WERE TO FULLY
THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OF WELFARE AGENCIES, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A FAR BETTER JOB WHICH, TURN, WOULD UPGRADE THE COORDINATION AND PLANNING AND ULTIMATELY, SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE AGENCIES, HE SUGGESTED.
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NOTING THAT THE WORKLOAD OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD DRAMATICALLY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE STANDARD COST SYSTEM IN 1983, "ONLY BY SUBVENTING QUALIFIED ACCOUNTING STAFF FOR MAJOR VOLUNTARY
THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, COULD
ACHIEVE IMPROVING FINANCIAL CONTROLS OVER SOCIAL WELFARE SUBVENTION?"
REALISTICALLY
LONG-SUFFERING
ACCOUNTS SINCE ESCALATED
DR LAM ASKED:
ITS
AIM
OF
ON THE EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD ACKNOWLEDGED IN MAKING QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS, CASEWORK SERVICES.
SOCIAL
DR SERVICES,
ITS DIFFICULTIES
LAM
PARTICULARLY
OF
COUNSELLING AND
HE THEREFORE
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