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Question No. 11

Written Reply by the Secretary for Education & Manpower

to a question by the llon. Hui Yin-fat

in the Legislative Council on 25 March 1987

Question:

Will Government inform this Council how many staff of the Social Welfare Department have SO far been sent abroad for training in psychiatric social work and how many of them are still working in the field of psychiatric social service?

Sir,

17 officers of the Social Welfare Department

have SO far been sent abroad for special training in

mental health social work. ALL except two are still

working in the psychiatric social work field.