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Delegation to study Australian welfare subvention system
The Deputy Director of Social Welfare, Mrs Louise Wong, will lead a nine- member delegation to visit Australia today (Saturday) to study the social welfare subvention system in New South Wales.
The delegation, comprising representatives from both the government and non- governmental organisations (NGOs), will hold meetings with their counterparts in Australia and visit some selected welfare services.
"The study tour is aimed at enabling members to see for themselves how the system of performance-based contracts operate in New South Wales," Mrs Wong said.
She said the Social Welfare Department had awarded a $6.4 million contract to a management consultancy firm to review the existing social welfare subvention administration in March this year.
"The review, expected to be completed in 18 months, is conducted with a view to achieving better value for money and to strengthening the department's partnership with NGOs as well as to simplify existing subvention allocation procedures," Mrs Wong said.
In conducting the review, the consultancy firm has teamed up with the New South Wales Department of Community Service which has direct experience as a funding body of welfare services in New South Wales of Australia and in developing performance-based contracts, unit costing and the linking of funding to achievement of standards.
The delegation will return to Hong Kong on July 13 (Thursday).
End/Saturday, July 8, 1995
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