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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1990

WILL

THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE GROUP UNDER THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD), 30TH ANNIVERSARY ON COMING SUNDAY.

AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL

WORK BE

UNIT,

WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS

FUNG,

WELFARE, MR ALEXANDER

WORKING IN THE FIRST

WHO WAS AMONG THE FIRST BATCH OF SWD OFFICERS COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE TERRITORY DATING BACK TO 1961, TODAY

TO MEET THE WORKING

WHERE

HOUSING BIGGEST

RECALLED

HE HOW

DENSELY-POPULATED

SITUATED.

MANAGED DISTRICT

THE

CHALLENGES

(SUNDAY)

IN

A

ESTATE WAS

"DURING THAT TIME,

THE LOCAL RESIDENTS

JUST TREATED ME AS COMMUNITY

THEIR NEIGHBOUR SINCE I LIVED IN A STAFF QUARTER INSIDE THE CENTRE.

"MANY OFTEN, PARTICULARLY DURING SOME CHINESE NEIGHBOURING KAI FONGS ΤΟ FESTIVALS, I WAS INVITED BY FAMILY GATHERINGS AND ENJOYED THEIR MEALS, HE ADDED.

-

TRADITIONAL

JOIN THEIR

FINALLY

AN

THROUGH AN INTIMATE AND FRIENDLY APPROACH, MR FUNG HAD

OF GOOD MESSAGE

NEIGHBOURHOOD, SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING ACROSS THE IMPORTANT CONCEPT IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN WONG TAI SIN.

IN FACT, MANY LOCAL CELEBRITIES WONG TAI SIN GROUP WORK UNIT.

WERE FORMER MEMBERS OF

THE

"ESPRIT DE

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD DEVELOPED AN CORP" WHICH MADE WONG TAI SIN A CONCERTED COMMUNITY.

THEIR SOCIAL COULD ENJOY CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, MR FUNG

AS IN ADDITION TO TREATING THE COMMUNITY CENTRE CLUB, THE RESIDENTS HAD FREQUENTED THE CENTRE WHERE THEY A WIDE RANGE OF INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR FAMILY, LIBRARY, NURSERY, REHABILITATION SAID.

EACH OF THE 11

THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES A GROUP WORK UNIT IN COMMUNITY CENTRES AND IN TWO ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRES MANAGED CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

WITH

BY THE

THESE GROUPS CATERED FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES IN THE COMMUNITY INTERPERSONAL CHARACTER, PERSONAL AN AIM OF DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS, SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES, POTENTIAL AND MEETING INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL NEEDS.

IT

THREE

OF

ALSO PROVIDES DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, SUPPORTIVE GROUPS, READING AND STUDY.

LEADERSHIP

SERVICE,

FOR

MAIN CATEGORIES

THIS

THERE YEAR,

WERE

698

SUPPORTIVE GROUPS WITH A REGISTERED

AS AT THE END OF AUGUST

DEVELOPMENTAL

GROUPS,

MEMBERSHIP OF 13,855.

29

0

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