TNAG-1139-FCO40-1419-Quarterly-progress-reports-on-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 26

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CONFIDENTIAL #

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SOCIAL WELFARE

14.Working Party

on Social

Welfare

Manpower

15.Review of

Purpose

Progress made and present position

Next quarter target

To consider the present After taking into consideration public and future availability comments and the Social Welfare and use of trained social workers and to make recommendations to meet shortfall.

To review staff

.staff structures structures in voluntary in voluntary agencies with a view to agencies

determining the extent providing

to which the Welfare Class Review of the Social Welfare Department may be applied.

social welfare Services

Advisory Committee's advice on the report, the administration has decided to implement the recommendations of the Working Party with one modification: non-social work graduates recruited as Assistant Social Work Officer need not have their service terminated even if they fail to acquire professional qualification provided their service was satisfactory.

The Social Welfare Advisory Committee and the Rehabilitation Development Co-ordinating Committee have endorsed the recommendations of the Steering Committee. The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council has also accepted the financial implications of the recommendations.

16.Programme Flan To review the Programme The review was completed and a

on Services

revised programme plan printed.

for the Elderly

17.Public

Transport

Accident Victims

Assistance

Scheme

(New Item)

Plan.

To consider introducing The proposed scheme has been discussed a scheme which provides with parties concerned with the MTRC immediate financial expressing objections on the grounds relief on a no-fault that the proposed scheme implied that basis to rail and ferry their system was unsafe. accident victims.

To implement

the decisions reached.

Action completed.

Action completed.

To submit the proposal with MTRC's objections to Executive

Council for advice.

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CONFIDENTIAL

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