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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1980

KOWLOON CITY SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES UNDER ONE ROOF

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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S NEW KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE, WHICH NOW GROUPS VARIOUS WELFARE SERVICE UNITS UNDER THE SAME ROOF, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY.

THE DISTRICT OFFICE, TOGETHER WITH ITS FAMILY SERVICES CENTRE, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH OFFICE, AND THE TO KWA WAN SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT ARE ACCOMMODATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF WHAMPOA HOUSE

IN HUNG HOM BAY CENTRE AT 108 BAKER STREET,

AT A CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, SIX COMMUNITY AND KAIFONG LEADERS CUT A RIBBON TO MARK THE OFFICIAL OPENING, THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A WELFARE SERVICES DISPLAY.

THEY WERE MR LUI FOOK-HONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION MR WU SHING-SUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE HUNG HOM KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION MR WONG SIK-KONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE AND RECREATION OF THE ELDERLY- MR TANG TAI-CHUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT'S YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL- MR LEE WU-TAO, CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON LOK SIN TONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY AND ́MAS CHIU JU CHING-LAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE KOWLOON WOMEN'S WELFARE CLUB.

THE SWD KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT OFFICE IS ONE OF 11 SIMILAR OFFICES SET UP IN APRIL LAST YEAR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WAS REORGANISED ON A REGIONAL BASIS.

SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE MR THOMAS LEE SAID THE REGIONALISATION SCHEME WAS AIMED AT ACHIEVING BETTER COORDINATION AND DELIVERY OF SERVICES IN THE DISTRICTS.

MR LEE SAID IT HAD PROVED TO BE VIABLE AND HAD ACHIEVED INITIAL PROGRESS, JUDGING FROM OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PUBLIC RESPONSE.

UNDER THE SCHEME, HE SAID, VARIOUS SERVICE UNITS IN A DISTRICT ARE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE GROUPED TOGETHER IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF CLIENTS.

+ADMINISTRATIVELY THIS GIVES RISE TO GREATER EFFICIENCY THROUGH CLOSER COOPERATION AND COORDINATION NOT ONLY AMONG THE SERVICE UNITS BUT ALSO WITH VOLUNTARY AGENCIES OPERATING IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

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