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SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE OF THE CHURCHES
The Social Service Centre of thef On the local side of our work we
Churches in their first report just are dealing with a growing number of unemployed who receive from us issued, says that the generous action temporary aid in the form of food, of friends in Canada (who have clothing, shelter and cash relief aċ- formed themselves into a Committee cording to their needs. Whenever including representatives of different possible we try to re-establish them Church groups) together with friends by finding them employment, but un- in Hong Kong have made. it possible fortunately we have only been able for Miss Elliott who had worked for to do this for about 25 per cent. a number of years in the Hong Kong Chinese Young Women's Christian Association, to return to the Colony for a further period of service.
A Central office has been establish- ed where individual cases are inves- tigated and detailed records kept of each client so, that there may be a measure of co-ordination between the many other Social Agencies already at work in the Colony.
A European doctor, outcast because of his faith and nationality, was in- troduced to the Centre for advice. with regard to making a living in China. We directed him to Chris tian friends in a distant province,| and there, through introductions given him, he secured a part-time position This en- in a Government hospital. abled him a few months later to send back for his wife and three children. They are now happily settled with
Already, as this Report will show, him, a united and re-established fami- there has been splendid cooperation ly. with a number of Churches, both Chinese and English, and with many Schools, Institutions, and Social Ser-
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services of a well-qualified Chinese worker, Mrs. Hsieh,, a, graduate of More than three quarters, of the Yenching in Sociology, who has also work being done has been for Chin-had two years' experience in medical ese, though people of many other na-and family case work in Peking. Her tionalities have been helped-French, written and spoken knowledge of Man- German, Portuguese, Russians, Ja-arin, Foochow, Cantonese and of the panese, Annamites, and Filipinos.
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Our more recent refugee work was largely determined for us by present war conditions. Volumes of people have poured into Hong Kong from all war areas, and we have received our Though Local Relief and. Refugee fair proportion of them. In this con- work is now specially occupying our nection we are especially grateful to time. it is honed that our work will the Chairman and Secretary of the develop along lines which are preven- We hope Tung Wah Hospital, who have given tive rather than remedial, us most generously of their time and gradually to become an instrument can tackle.some of the more help. This Hospital have given shel- which ter to many of our clients, and close fundamental problems of Employment, upon 200 of them have been assisted Housing, etc. This will involve much to return to their respective homes, more study of local conditions, and the the majority of whom would other-reforms needed can only be brought about by a united effort of the wise have become a public charge on
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