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SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1974.
H.K. DELEGATION TO ATTEND SOCIAL WELFARE CONFERENCE
IN MAIRODI
MR. THOMAS C.Y. LEE, CEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WILL BE LEAVING TOMORROW (SUNDAY) FOR NAIROBI, KENYA, TO ATTEND THE XVIITH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 0:1 SOCIAL WELFARE. MR. LEE WILL REPRESENT THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT.
OTHER DELEGATES FROM HONG KONG INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TWO UNIVERSITIES, THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL VORK TRAINING, HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCIES. THERE ARE ALTOGETHER 23 DELEGATES.
THE CONFERENCE BEGINS ON JULY 14 AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JULY 20, BUT BEFORE THAT, A NUMBER OF THE DELEGATES WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SCHOOLS OF SOCIAL WORK FROM JULY 6 TO 9.
THE THEME OF THE MAIROBI CONFERENCE IS +DEVELOP!!ENT AND PARTICIPATION OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WELFARE+, AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONFERENCE, HONG KONG VILL BE TAKING PART IN AN EXHIBITION IN NAIROBI TO ILLUSTRATE THE MANY SOCIAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG, RELATED TO THIS THEME,
HR. LEE WILL CHAIR ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS ENTITLED:
+ IMPLICATIONS FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPKENT+.
THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WEFARE CICSU) ORGANIZES THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE BIENNIALLY IN DIFFERENT CITIES OF THE WORLD. THE ICS IS A PERMANENT VORLD CRGANIZATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF PEOPLE. IT IS AN INDEPENDENT, NON-COVERNMENTAL, NON-POLITICAL AND NON-SECTARIAN BODY WHICH PROVIDES AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL WEFARE AND RELATED ISSUES.
HONG KONG HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
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