Princess Alexandra Community Centre, Tsuen Wan
The Tsuen Wan Community Centre, one of the six community centres operated by the Social Welfare Department, started operation in 1960. It was donated by the people of the United Kingdom in the World Refugee Year (1960) and was renamed as the Princess Alexandra Community Centre following the visit by Her Royal Highness, the Princess Alexandra in 1961.
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The community centre provides social welfare services under one roof for the neighbourhood and serves as a base for community development work. It is a five-storey building with rooms and offices for welfare activities, a basketball court and an assembly hall designed and equipped for multi-purpose activities.
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Organisations accommodated in the Centre include the following:
Social Welfare Department
1. Group & Community Work Division:
Community Work Unit Group Work Unit Library Unit
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Community and Youth Office
2. Family Services Division
Tsuen Wan Sub-Office
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Rehabilitation Division
Centre.
Blind Welfare Centre
Voluntary Welfare Agencies
1. Chinese Y.M.C.A. (Youth Work)
2. Hong Kong Family Welfare
Society (Family Services)
3. Chinese Y.W.C.A. (Nursery)
4. Lutheran Pui O Special Train-
ing Centre (Rehabilitation services for handicapped children)
5. Tsuen Wan Chin Chow Welfare
Association
6. Tsuen Wan Northern Chinese Welfare Association
Mrs. Margaret Au is currently the Warden of the Community
Social Welfare Department 10th January, 1975.
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