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Thursday, January 18, 1973
The Committee had itself recommended to the Government
establishment of the Institute, as had also Dame Eileen Younghusband,
the British authority on social work training, and Dr. Irving Spergel,
a United Nations consultant on youth work. The proposal had the full
support of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
The Institute is to be initially housed in the Lady Trench
Training Centre in Wan Chai. This is a four-storey building already
occupied, but not fully utilised, by the Training Section of the Social
Welfare Department.
floors.
It is capable of being expanded, if necessary, by a further two
Field Operations
The aim of the Institute is to train mid-level social workers
for field operations who do not have university qualifications. The type of
student envisaged is one holding a Hong Kong Certificate of Education,
and preferably someone who has some working experience not necessarily
in the social welfare field.
It will start with an intake of between 35 and 50 students a year,
going on to an eventual ceiling of 75-100 a year, so providing a total
of 150-200 full-time students in two-year courses.
It is