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MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1991

SPEAKING AT THE QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE HONG KONG SOCIAL SERVICE

TODAY

ASSISTANT

COUNCIL OF

THE

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL (MONDAY), WELFARE (SUBVENTIONS), MR CARLOS LEUNG, POINTED OUT THAT THIS MODE OF SERVICE OPERATORS IN FINANCING PROVIDED GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR THE

THE DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES AND WOULD REDUCE THE WORKLOAD ARISING FROM THE MONITORING OF INPUTS.

"THE SWD BELIEVES OPTION FOR ALL SUBVENTED NGO'S,

MR LEUNG

EXPLAINED

THAT THIS

ALTERNATIVE

MODE

COULD

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HE SAID.

THAT

THE SCHEME WAS

EVOLVED FROM A PLACES IN FOUR NON-SUBVENTED CHARITABLE

SCHEME WAS FINANCED BY

HAND

A

THREE-YEAR EXPERIMENT TO PURCHASE CARE AND ATTENTION SHELTERS OF

HELPING THE ORGANISATION.

"DURING THE EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD, THE

THE LOTTERIES FUND.

OF

AT THE COMPLETION FOUR SHELTER HOMES HAD PROVIDED

HE SAID.

"AN EVALUATION CONDUCTED ON THE SCHEME THE EXPERIMENT CONFIRMED THAT THE GOOD QUALITY OF SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS,'

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SUBSIDY SCHEME

THE

COULD BE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR WHICH A OF PERFORMANCE WAS

SAID MR LEUNG

THEORETICALLY, DED TO ALL SERVICES, DAY OR

INIT

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IST COULD BE WORKED OUT AND WHERE THE LEVEL ESTABLISHED.

PIPELINE.

"THE SCHEME IS APPLICABLE TO EXISTING

HOWEVER, IN THE NEW PROJECTS RESIDENTIAL SERVICE FOR THE ELDERLY HAS

FACILITIES AS WELL AS

ITS BEEN

APPLICABILITY

IN

THE

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WELL

DEMONSTRATED,

HE

SAID.

"TO BE

RECOGNISED

THE THAT

PROSPECTIVE

SERVICE

SUCCESSFUL IN

STANDARD PROVIDER

[MPLEMENTING OF SERVICE

THE IS

THIS

BE TO PARAMOUNT ELEMENT

IT SCHEME,

IS

OFFERED BY

THE

FOR

CONSIDERATION.

"SINCE THE TARGET

FOR GROUP

SUBVENTED NGO'S, THE SWD HAS FULL SERVICE.

IS BASICALLY

THE

THIS SCHEME CONFIDENCE IN THEIR STANDARD OF

UP ITS EVALUATION WHITE PAPER'S FEEDBACK ON

"CORRESPONDINGLY, THE DEPARTMENT WILL STEP EFFORTS TO MONITOR THE SERVICE OUTPUT IN LINE WITH THE

CONSUMER TO AS

OBTAIN GREATER RECOMMENDATIONS

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SUCH

SERVICES, HE ADDED.

THERE ARE AT PRESENT 160 NGO'S RECEIVING GOVERNMENT FROM THE SWD FOR THE OPERATION OF 1,564 SERVICE UNITS.

IN 1990-91 RECURRENT SUBVENTION TO NGO'S AMOUNTED TO

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SUBVENTION

$1,168.3

MILLION.

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