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as Social Welfare Officer on his return from taking a Social Science Diploma course in England, and a Social Welfare Office was established as a sub-department of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, thus sharing in the advantages to be gained from the latter's prestige, contacts and status among the over- whelmingly Chinese population of the Colony. A number of the welfare activities previously co-ordinated or sponsored by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs devolved upon the Social Welfare Officer, in addition to arrangements for the transfer to him of the Relief Section of the Medical Department, further measures for co-ordination between voluntary and official welfare work, preparations for the extension of the Probation Service, and arrangements in conjunction with the University of Hong Kong for the local training of specialised social workers. Two Chinese girls from Hong Kong entered on the second year of their social science studies at the London School of Economics prior to appointment to the Social Welfare Office on their return to the Colony, and three more students went to London in September to start a similar course.