FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1980
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WELFARE CENTRE FOR THE YOUNG, THE OLD AND THE MENTALLY ILL
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THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE, TODAY (FRIDAY) LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR A MULTI-WELFARE SERVICES CENTRE LOCATED IN A WAN CHAI AREA HE DESCRIBED AS SIR SHIU-KIN TANG'S SOCIAL SERVICES VILLAGE+.
THE $4 MILLION CENTRE FOR THE YOUNG, THE OLD AND THE MENTALLY ILL IS IN THE AREA OF MORRISON HILL WHERE, MR LEE SAID, LIES A CONCENTRATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROJECTS HELPED OUT WITH DONATIONS BY SIR SHTU-KIN.
HE CITED THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL, TANG SHIU KIN VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, SHENG KUNG HUI TANG SHIU KIN SECONDARY SCHOOL, TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC, MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE, LADY TRENCH TRAINING CENTRE AND THE HONG KONG ISLAND REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION.
HE SAID SIR SHIU-KIN WAS WELL KNOWN FOR MAKING GENEROUS DONATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME, AND EVEN THE CENTRE ITSELF WAS PARTLY FINANCED BY HIM AND NAMED THE TANG SHIU KIN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE.
MR LEE PAID TRIBUTE TO HIM FOR HIS CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE SIX-STOREY CENTRE, PLANNED BY THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF HONG KONG, IS ALSO FINANCED BY FUNDS RAISED BY THE CONVENTION AND A LOTTERIES FUND GRANT MADE THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
MR LEE SAID THE VARIOUS INTEGRATED SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED IN THE CENTRE WOULD HELP MEET A GROWING DEMAND FOR SUCH SERVICES.
THE CENTRE WILL ACCOMMODATE A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR RE-INTEGRATING FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS INTO SOCIETY, A LIBRARY, AS WELL AS A SOCIAL CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES AS FOCAL POINTS FOR SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
HE NOTED THAT IN THE CENTRE A +COFFEE HOUSE+ WOULD BE RUN AS AN EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME DESIGNED TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PROBLEMS.
A SOCIAL WORKER WILL BE POSTED IN THE COFFEE HOUSE TO GIVE COUNSELLING SERVICES TO THOSE YOUNGSTERS WHO COME FOR A DRINK AND WHO NEED THE SERVICES.
+THIS IS INDEED A NEW CONCEPT IN THE AREA OF PERSONAL SOCIAL WORK AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I HOPE THIS EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME WILL SUCCEED, HE SAID.
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