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I doubt, however, whether there is a need for a

special body to estimate social work manpower needs and to

plan training programmes, since the Advisory Committee on

Social Work Training is already in existence; together

with the Social Welfare Department's computerised social

the coutre work personnel information system, it should be able to

provide the necessary information and advice on this

subject. I shall follow with interest the current moves

towards the establishment of a voluntary register of

social workers.

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Sir,

Finally, I would like to thank Mrs. Tam for her

kind remarks about the relationship between the Government

and the voluntary welfare agencies. Far too often, it

seems to me, the impression is given that this

relationship is a continual battle, with impoverished

agencies struggling to obtain woefully inadequate

resources from a mean Government which rarely consults the

agencies before taking important policy decisions.

This

is just not true, and as Mrs. Tam has said, we have

involved the voluntary sector in a number of reviews of

important policy areas in recent years. The Social

Welfare Department and my Branch do have the often

thankless task of allocating funds between competing

demands, and we never have enough money to do everything

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that we would like We do our best and I believe that the

agencies understand our difficulties.

I was very glad

that Mrs. Tam said what she did, and I am confident that

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