ensure full use of the additional facilities. It is encouraging, therefore, that a degree of continuing support is forthcoming which will help to take the strain and will enable Hong Kong to move ahead in con- solidating and improving its welfare services. The contributions towards the in-service and formal or academic social welfare training programme and the presence of the consultants on social work training will un- doubtedly stimulate and encourage Government departments and voluntary organizations to measure up to the confidence expressed in them by the many people of goodwill from overseas who share in the determination to meet more adequately our social needs.
102. Over 90 of the voluntary social welfare agencies are affiliated as member organizations to the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, which seeks to co-ordinate their work and to ensure close liaison with Government departments. In addition, 290 associate members, citizens of many nationalities and from many walks of life, participate in and contribute to the work of the Council.
103. The two new committees of the Council mentioned in last year's report, the Committee on Emergency Relief and the Child Care Com- mittee, which were set up to promote the Council's co-ordinating rôle in their respective fields, continued to function during the year. In addition, a Chinese Literature Committee was established with the object of producing welfare literature in Chinese; its first project was the publication of a quarterly Social Work Journal; the Committee is also considering the preparation of case-records for teaching purposes.
104. Other Council projects include the Welfare Handicraft Shop which provides a permanent marketing centre for various welfare organizations, under whose auspices unemployed or physically handi- capped people produce many types of handicrafts; the Resettlement Loan and Savings Association, which lends money to needy residents of resettlement areas at a small charge for management; and the Chai Wan Community Centre Committee which is charged with the responsi- bility of planning for the new Community Centre in Chai Wan to be built with funds contributed in Hong Kong during World Refugee Year. A Committee on the Care and Cure of Cancer was formed during the year to plan a centre for cancer patients financed from a donation received from the World Refugee Year Committee in Britain. The Employment Assistance Scheme and Central Relief Records Office continue to provide valuable service. A major emphasis of the Council has been the preparation and dissemination of information on social
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