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Counselling session for fire victims

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The Social Welfare Department (SWD) will hold a counselling session on Saturday (April 12) to help those affected by the Mei Foo Sun Chuen fire overcome their stress problems.

The session will take place at the Mei Foo Community Hall, Mei Foo Sun Chuen, at 2.30 pm.

The department's clinical psychologists will be deployed to provide critical incident stress debriefing to victims and family members distressed by the fire.

Members of the public who witnessed the tragedy or have any distress problems resulted from the fire are also welcome to attend.

Meanwhile, SWD caseworkers have contacted the families of all eight deceased to see what kind of services they needed.

Staff of the department will liaise with the families of all victims regarding payments of burial grants and injury grants from the Emergency Relief Fund.

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Seminars on extra-curricular activities guidelines

Primary and secondary school heads are invited to nominate teachers to attend seminars on "Guidelines on Extra-curricular Activities in Schools" to be held on May 20 and May 21 at the Hong Kong Teachers' Centre.

The seminars are jointly organised by the Education Department and the Hong Kong Extra-curricular Activities Coordinators' Association.

The two identical half-day seminars aim at enhancing schools' understanding of the issue; providing up-to-date information on extra-curricular activities; and providing participants with opportunities to exchange views and experiences.