The Society for Community Organisation (SOCO)
10. The campaign on behalf of the Yau Ma Tei boat dwellers has been coordinated by the Society for Community Organisation (SOCO). SOCO was founded in 1971 by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. Its aims are to foster a sense of community awareness, and to encourage people to participate in the solution of community problems in Hong Kong. It has a small number of paid field staff, supported by a large number of volunteers, mostly undergraduate students. Although sometimes guilty of seeking too much too quickly, it has established itself as an effective and
essentially responsible organisation. It is financed by contri- butions from Christian organisations in Hong Kong and abroad.
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