TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1981
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SWD OPENS NEW KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE
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KWUN TONG HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE FIRST DISTRICT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW PATTERN OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THIS HAS HAD AN INEVITABLE IMPACT ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF REQU ́ ́EMENTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR SELWYN ALLEYNE, SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN HE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE NEW KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE.
HE NOTED THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE THREE SUB-DISTRICTS IN KWUN TONG AND EACH OF THEM WAS HEADED BY AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER.
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE THREE SUB-DISTRICTS MORE OR LESS COINCIDE WITH THE SERVICE AREAS OF AREA COMMITTEES IN THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT.
+IN FUTURE, MR ALLEYNE SAID, THE THREE SUB-DISTRICTS MAY BE RE-DIVIDED INTO FOUR AND FOR THAT PURPOSE AN ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER MAY BE POSTED TO THIS DISTRICT OFFICE.+
THESE MEASURES WERE DESIGNED TO ENABLE THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO ADJUST TO THE NEW PATTERN OF DISTRICT_ADMINISTRATION, TO STRENGTHEN THE CO-ORDINATION OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND TO IDENTIFY AND MEET SOCIAL WELFARE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT MORE EFFECTIVELY, HE SAID.
MR ALLEYNE ADDED THAT TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES, CLOSE CO-OPERATION AND LIAISON BETWEEN THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT WAS ESSENTIAL.
AMONG THE 11 DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION SERVED, THE NUMBER OF SERVICE UNITS AND DISTRICT STAFF.
WITH ITS 22 SERVICE UNITS AND A TOTAL OF ABOUT 310 STAFF MEMBERS, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE IS SERVING MORE THAN 610 000 PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.
THE NEW PREMISES, ON THE THIRD FLOOR, HIU KWONG COURT, 26-38 HIU KWONG STREET, SAU MAU PING, HOUSES THE KWUN TONG FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE, THE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE (KWUN TONG), THE REHABILITATION OFFICE AND THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT, AS WELL AS THE OFFICES OF THE DISTRICT OFFICER AND HIS THREE ASSISTANTS. THE IR TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE:
KWUN TONG FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE (KWUN TONG) REHABILITATION OFFICE
3-357034
3-483585
3-357040
JOB PLACEMENT UNIT
3-359641
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