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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987

AND

"THESE SCHOOLS ENSURE THAT HILDREN WHO SPEND SOME WEEKS MONTHS IN HOSPITAL DO NOT MISS OUT ON THEIR NORMAL SCHOOLING WHEN THEY ARE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL, SIR DAVID SAID.

HE SAID THERE WERE OTHER SCHOOLS OF THE RED CROSS ENSURING THAT THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WERE EXTENDED AND DEVELOPED, SO THAT THEY BECAME WELL ADJUSTED AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

HE SAID HE WAS GLAD TO LEARN THAT THE RED CROSS WAS PLANNING TO EXPAND THEIR WORK TO REACH THE EASTERN AND TUEN MUN DISTRICT HOSPITALS AS EACH NEW HOSPITAL WAS BUILT.

HE THANKED THE RED CROSS SOCIETY FOR HAVING DONE A MAGNIFICENT WORK WITHOUT WHICH NOT ONLY WOULD MANY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN SUFFERED UNNECESSARILY EACH YEAR BUT HONG KONG WOULD BE A POORER PLACE.

PARTNERSHIP ESSENTIAL IN PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES

*

AND

THE

BEEN

THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT SUBVENTED SECTOR IN THE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES REAFFIRMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG.

HAS

DECADE AT THE HONG

EXAMINING THE GROWTH IN THE WELFARE BUDGET OVER THE A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG SOUTH AT KONG COUNTRY CLUB TODAY (THURSDAY), SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME VOLUNTARY AGENCIES RECEIVING AN ANNUAL SUBVENTION OF $625 THIS YEAR.

150

MILLION

THE

SHE NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD COME SOME DISTANCE FROM RUDIMENTARY PROVISION OF YESTERYEAR TO A PROVISION OF MULTIFACETED SERVICES OF TODAY,

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY RESPONSIBILITY, THE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED SUBVENTED SECTOR, SHE SAID.

WHICH WAS GOVERNMENT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

THE

FOR

**THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESSENTIALLY A RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINING BASIC PRIORITIES AND POLICIES; ON THE ADVICE OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES, FOR CO-ORDINATING THE SOCIAL WELFARE FIVE YEAR PLAN IS UPDATED AND REVISED EACH YEAR IN CONSULTATION

WHICH WITH THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR; AND FOR THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO ENABLE THESE SERVICES TO CARRIED OUT BY AGENCIES TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD, WHILST AT THE

POSSIBLE FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE

TIME MAINTAINING THE

MAXIMUM

FUNDS,

**

MRS WONG EXPLAINED.

BE

SAME

OF

/THE SAID