SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1990
WILL
THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE GROUP UNDER THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD), 30TH ANNIVERSARY ON COMING SUNDAY.
AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL
WORK BE
UNIT,
WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS
FUNG,
WELFARE, MR ALEXANDER
WORKING IN THE FIRST
WHO WAS AMONG THE FIRST BATCH OF SWD OFFICERS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE TERRITORY DATING BACK TO 1961, TODAY
TO MEET THE WORKING
WHERE
HOUSING BIGGEST
RECALLED
HE HOW
DENSELY-POPULATED
SITUATED.
MANAGED DISTRICT
THE
CHALLENGES
(SUNDAY)
IN
A
ESTATE WAS
"DURING THAT TIME,
THE LOCAL RESIDENTS
JUST TREATED ME AS COMMUNITY
THEIR NEIGHBOUR SINCE I LIVED IN A STAFF QUARTER INSIDE THE CENTRE.
"MANY OFTEN, PARTICULARLY DURING SOME CHINESE NEIGHBOURING KAI FONGS ΤΟ FESTIVALS, I WAS INVITED BY FAMILY GATHERINGS AND ENJOYED THEIR MEALS, HE ADDED.
-
TRADITIONAL
JOIN THEIR
FINALLY
AN
THROUGH AN INTIMATE AND FRIENDLY APPROACH, MR FUNG HAD
OF GOOD MESSAGE
NEIGHBOURHOOD, SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING ACROSS THE IMPORTANT CONCEPT IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN WONG TAI SIN.
IN FACT, MANY LOCAL CELEBRITIES WONG TAI SIN GROUP WORK UNIT.
WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF
THE
"ESPRIT DE
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD DEVELOPED AN CORP" WHICH MADE WONG TAI SIN A CONCERTED COMMUNITY.
THEIR SOCIAL COULD ENJOY CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, MR FUNG
AS IN ADDITION TO TREATING THE COMMUNITY CENTRE CLUB, THE RESIDENTS HAD FREQUENTED THE CENTRE WHERE THEY A WIDE RANGE OF INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR FAMILY, LIBRARY, NURSERY, REHABILITATION SAID.
EACH OF THE 11
THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES A GROUP WORK UNIT IN COMMUNITY CENTRES AND IN TWO ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES MANAGED CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.
WITH
BY THE
THESE GROUPS CATERED FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES IN THE COMMUNITY INTERPERSONAL CHARACTER, PERSONAL AN AIM OF DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS, SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES, POTENTIAL AND MEETING INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL NEEDS.
IT
THREE
OF
ALSO PROVIDES DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, SUPPORTIVE GROUPS, READING AND STUDY.
LEADERSHIP
SERVICE,
FOR
MAIN CATEGORIES
THIS
THERE YEAR,
WERE
698
SUPPORTIVE GROUPS WITH A REGISTERED
AS AT THE END OF AUGUST
DEVELOPMENTAL
GROUPS,
MEMBERSHIP OF 13,855.
29
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