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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1990

UNLESS

REPORT

"IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 15, THE GOVERNOR SHALL, THERE ARE REASONS TO THE CONTRARY, ARRANGE FOR THE INSPECTOR'S AND THE REPORT OF ANY BOARD OF REVIEW THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HELD ΤΟ BE PUBLISHED EITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AS HE THINKS FIT, SHE SAID.

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ELABORATING ON THE TIMESCALE TAKEN TO FINALISE THE REPORT, CHAN POINTED OUT THAT, BY WAY OF COMPARISON, IN THE CASE OF THE MAJOR ACCIDENT AT KAI TAK, INVOLVING A LUFTHANSA PLANE ON OCTOBER 1983, THE INVESTIGATION REPORT TOOK SLIGHTLY OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS TO COMPLETE.

FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AN IMPORTANT SERVICE

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION (FLE) SERVICE HAS BEEN AND WILL TO BE AN IMPORTANT SERVICE AND THERE ARE PLANS TO STRENGTHEN SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MRS WITH

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HUI YIN-FAT, WONG SAID A PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, HAD BEEN NEWLY SET UP, TO EXAMINE EXISTING POLICY, SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL AND MANNING RATIO WITH A VIEW TO STRENGTHENING THE SERVICE AND TO GIVE CENTRAL DIRECTIVES TO STEER ITS DEVELOPMENT.

MRS WONG EXPLAINED THAT AT PRESENT, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WAS DIRECTED AT ALL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AT A MANNING RATIO OF ONE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION WORKER AT ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK OFFICER LEVEL ΤΟ 100,000 POPULATION.

"THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 13 AGENCIES SUBVENTED WITH A TOTAL OF 56 FLE WORKERS TO SERVE THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 5.7 MILLION, SHE SAID.

NOTING THAT A REVISED MANNING RATIO OF 1:50,000 WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE 1981 PROGRAMME PLAN REVIEW ON PERSONAL SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, MRS WONG SAID IT COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED DUE то RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.

"FOR 1990-91, IT 18 PLANNED то HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL WORKERS, AND FUNDS ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

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"IT IS HOPED THAT IMPROVEMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESSIVELY IN THIS IMPORTANT AREA OF PREVENTIVE SERVICE."

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MRS

MADE WONG

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