1950 only forty seven students have successfully completed the course, of whom fourteen received diplomas and thirty three received certi- ficates. These have found ready employment, largely in Government Service but also in certain voluntary organizations. Two private post- secondary colleges have recently inaugurated social studies courses.
11. For staff in service, the Director of the Lutheran World Federa- tion's Department of World Service in Hong Kong gave a series of general lectures on social psychology and case work which were open to all who were interested. Government and voluntary bodies continued to give regular training to new recruits after appointment.
12. During the year, training courses were taken in several specialized fields of welfare work. In child welfare, three Children's Officers of the Department went to the United Kingdom, one to take the child care course and another the mental health course at the London School of Economics, while the third made visits of observation to children's institutions; these visits were arranged by the Home Office and Dr. Barnardo's Homes. Two Chinese Sisters of the Precious Blood were assisted by Government with passages to the United Kingdom for training as house-mothers, whilst seventy house-mothers of the Christian Children's Fund Home at Wu Kwai Sha were given thirteen weeks training locally in the theory and practice of child care.
13. The Club Leadership Training Course sponsored by the Govern- ment Departments of Education and Social Welfare provides specialized training for prospective youth leaders. Representatives of member- Societies of the Standing Conference of Youth Organizations continued to give generously of their time in lecturing and in placing facilities for practical training at the disposal of students. As part of this practical training, students were required to live for a period in a hostel at the Tsan Yuk Welfare Centre, to help run a Junior Mixed Club and, by visiting the homes of club children, assisting at parents' social gatherings in the evenings, etc. to gain a real insight into the living conditions in the Western District of Victoria. A total of thirty three young men and women have completed the course since its establish- ment in 1951, two of these during the year under review. The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association held two refresher courses for its leaders and ran an emergency three-month course for prospective leaders who were later placed in charge of roof-top clubs sponsored by the Association in Resettlement Estates (see paragraph 29). Short courses for roof-top club leaders were also conducted by the Department and by the Y.W.C.A. The Boy Scouts Association held their usual training programmes,
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