Lotteries Fund; grants amounting to $5.38 million were made to finance capital projects.
10. A breakdown of annual expenditure is given at Appendix 6.
Advisory and Statutory Committees
11. The Department is represented on a number of statutory coun- cils, boards and committees and on a number of non-statutory bodies.
12. In addition to the Social Welfare Advisory Committee, which is described below, the development and implementation of various social welfare measures are considered by the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training, the Social Welfare Planning Committee, the Advisory Committee on Social Research, the Social Work Training Fund Committee, the Community Relief Trust Fund Committee, and the Hong Kong War Memorial Fund Committee. The last three committees men- tioned are statutory and publish individual reports. (Appendix 2 gives details regarding the composition and terms of reference of these committees).
Social Welfare Advisory Committee
13. The Social Welfare Advisory Committee is, by its terms of reference, the main advisory body to Government on all matters of social welfare policy. The Director of Social Welfare is Chairman, ex-officio, of the Committee. Its members are prominent citizens actively associated with voluntary work, who are appointed in an individual capacity by the Governor. The Committee met nine times during the year to consider general matters, including possible measures for rehabilitation and treatment of drug addicts, the five year plan, co-operation with the Community Chest, and recommended recurrent subvention to 66 voluntary welfare agencies and capital grants from the Lotteries Fund. A list showing the recurrent subventions to voluntary welfare agencies is given at Appendix 6. Allocations made during the year from the Lotteries Fund are shown at Appendix 20.
Consultation and Co-operation with Voluntary Agencies
14. Whilst Government assumes an overall responsibility for the welfare of the community and provides some of the more essential and statutory social welfare services to achieve this end, much credit must go to the large number of voluntary organizations and dedicated
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