Friday, November 26, 2004

$$ 社會福利 資源削減 $$

So exactly what's the accumulated government cutbacks on welfare subvention since the year 2000/01? The Council of Social Service produced the following figures:
  • 2000 / 03 資源增值 $ 2.85 億元 5% (over 3 years)
  • 2003 / 04 節約措施 $ 1.30億元 1.8%
  • 2004 / 05 資源削減 $ 1.63億元 2.5%
  • 2004 / 05 服務重整 $ 0.41億元 0.6%
  • 2005 / 06 資源削減 $ 0.62億元 1%
  • 2005 / 06 服務重整 $1.08億元 1.5%
  • 00/01-05/06 總數 接近8億元 (即12%)
政府於2004年11月26日公布一刀切再削減社會福利資源... 政府提出削資1%,但計及業界通過服務理順及轉型而節省的一億一千萬元,實際非政府機構要承擔的削資幅度是2.5%,超過一億七千萬元。由於過去幾年,社 福機構已承受削資六億元,連同今次建議的削幅,金額達八億元,即12%。

Sadly many people may still think that an accumulated cutback of 12% over 5 years is not a big deal... Can someone from the sector offer a convincing case on why a 12% cutback is totally unacceptable, and that the sector is trying to safeguard the interests of the disadvantaged and not the welfare agencies themselves?

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