SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1988
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SWD CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WILL BE CELEBRATING THE
DEPARTMENT ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
AT A
DINNER
PARTY
TOMORROW
30TH (SUNDAY).
SOCIAL OF
THE PERSONALITIES IN
WELFARE, INCLUDING
MR
WELFARE DAVID
THEY WILL BE JOINED BY LEADING FIELD AND FORMER DIRECTORS BARON WHO WAS THE FIRST DIRECTOR, AND MR GEORGE ROWE,
THE TWO MEN HAVE COME
OCCASION.
HERE FROM THE UK SPECIALLY FOR THE
THE PARTY WILL BE THE CULMINATION OF A ACTIVITIES WHICH BEGAN LAST WEEK,
SERIES OF CELEBRATION
VILLAGE IN WU KAI THESE INCLUDED A CAMP AT A SCENIC HOLIDAY
AND TRAINEKS OF BOYS' AND SHA WHERE MORE THAN 760 DISABLED PEOPLE GIRLS' HOMES SHARED A FUN-PACKED TWO-DAY PROGRAMME WITH THEIR PARENTS, SOCIAL WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS.
SOME 1,400 ELDERLY
PEOPLE WERE TREATED TO A VARIETY SHOW A DINNER RECEPTION AT FEATURING FAMOUS CANTONESE OPERA SINGERS AND SHA TIN TOWN HALL.
PARTY,
STAFF
WHO
HAVE
AT TOMORROW'S DINNER DEPARTMENT FOR 30 YEARS WILL BE PUTTING ASIDE THEIR TO TAKE ON A TOTALLY NEW ROLE.
BEEN WITH THE MANY CASE FILES
STAGE WITH THEY WILL SLIP ON THEIR DANCING SHOES AND TAKE THE
HONG YOUNGER COLLEAGUES IN A MUSICAL PORTRAYING THE SOCIAL CHANGES IN
WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH KONG CHOREOGRAPHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WONG.
AND
DAYS WITH GUESTS THEY WILL ALSO BE REMINISCING ABOUT THE OLD
A VIDEO THE OVER
SHOWING OF COLLEAGUES
"SOCIAL WELFARE PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG
DEPARTMENT PAST AND PRESENT”
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KONG IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
FILM FOOTAGE AND PICTURES OF OLD
-
HONG KONG SCENES HAD BEEN
PICTURE IN
OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES TO PRODUCE A MORE VIVID TRACING THE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORY SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT ON JANUARY 1. 1958.
SEEN "SINCE THE DEPARTMENT'S FORMATION, THE PAST 30 YEARS HAVE
IN HONG KONG, MRS A WELCOME AND RAPID EXPANSION OF SOCIAL WELFARE WONG SAID.
"I
WAS
ATTRIBUTABLE
ΤΟ
THE
DEDICATION
SHE SAID THAT THIS SOCIAL WORKERS BOTH IN THE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
"THEIR WORK.
OF
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