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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1987

FAMILY SERVICES INDISPENSABLE

OF

PROVISION

SOCIAL FAMILY SERVICES ARE INDISPENSABLE IN THE

IS THE BASIC SERVICES AS THE FAMILY

COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

FAMILY SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CHRISTIAN

NOTED THAT AS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTRE AT KWUN TONG, MRS WONG

FAR DEVELOPED, MORE NUCLEUS FAMILIES HAD EMERGED IN HONG KONG, LIVING

AT THE SAME AWAY FROM THEIR ELDERLY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, AND THAT TIME, WITH MORE WOMEN JOINING THE LABOUR FORCE.

TO SOLVE THEIR THUS, FAMILIES NOWADAYS HAD LIMITED RESOURCES

EASILY BE ERODED OWN PROBLEMS AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FAMILY WOULD AND CONFLICTS APPEARED WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS NEGLECTED THEIR DUTIES WHEN SUPPORT AND CARE FROM THE COMMUNITY WERE INADEQUATE, SHE SAID.

FAMILY

COMMUNITY

SERVICES

AND

AND

HAD HENCE, IT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT

DRAWN

ATTENTION FROM THE MORE AND MORE

THAT THE FAMILY FIGURED AS A BASIC UNIT IN MANY SOCIAL SERVICES, SHE ADDED.

MRS WONG SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR SOCIAL FAMILY SERVICES WAS WELFARE DEVELOPMENT, THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING TO HELP PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY.

"FAMILY SERVICES CENTRES OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ARE IMPORTANT WELFARE FACILITIES IN HELPING SOLVE FAMILY PROBLEMS, SHE SAID.

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AND TO

"THERE ARE AT PRESENT 50 SUCH CENTRES IN HONG KONG, PROVIDING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES ΤΟ CASEWORK SERVICE, GROUP COUNSELLING AND

A WHOLE IN ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS SOLVING PROBLEMS.

COMPREHENSIVE

FAMILY AGENCIES ARE

MORE "NEVERTHELESS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICES, JOINT EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY NEEDED TO EXPAND AND PROVIDE BETTER COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS CHILD CARE CENTRES, CHILDREN'S

HOME HELP SERVICE,

SHE SAID. CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION,"

CENTRES,

SOCIAL

SHE ALSO STRESSED THAT THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD AIM AT MEETING THE SPECIAL DISTRICT NEEDS.

ITS

OF

MRS WONG COMMENDED THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICE CENTRE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THIS GOAL THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SERIES INNOVATIVE, PREVENTIVE AND INSTRUCTIVE SERVICES FOR SINGLE PARENTS,

AND THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

ELDERLY AND THE OPERATION OF A HOSTEL FOR THE DISABLED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

ALL THESE SERVICES HAD HELPED TO LESSEN FAMILIES NOWADAYS, ENABLING THE MEMBERS то RELATIONSHIP, SHE SAID.

THE

HAVE

PRESSURE FACING A HARMONIOUS

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