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Finally, it is also the concern of voluntary agencies that the priority set by the committee for subsidizing social work training activities and the criteria for sponsoring individuals for formal social work training overseas have remained inscrutable to voluntary agencies. It is important for voluntary agencies to be given privy to such standards in planning their staff development programmes for improvement of service quality.

All in all, Sir, it is high time that the Social Work Training Fund Committee provided an open channel for the sharing of experience, knowledge, and information to improve the training and skills of our social workers and to make effective use of our valuable manpower resources.

Sir, with these remarks, I support the motion.

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