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A Staff Affairs Committee was formed At present, the agency operates two hostels
during the year to promote good relationships located in Wah Fu and Kwai Fong Estate. The
and genuine concern for staff, as well as to objectives of running Hostels for the Elderly are
promote the welfare of the Agency's staff. Long- to keep the elderly in the community, to give
term Service Awards were presented during a them a sense of continued usefulness to the
staff-gathering at Chinese New Year. There were community and to give them a feeling of being
19 who had worked for over 20 years; 23 for of value. The average age of the residents of the
over 15 years; 27 for over 10 years; and 54 for two hostels is 75 years. Most of them are on
over 5 years. Public Assistance. The number cared for is
currently 269. A Third hostel is being planned
Besides providing services for its clients, and is expected to open at the end of 1979.
Hong Kong Christian Service also played an
important role in training social work students. Kwun Tong Vocational Training Centre
During the year, a total of 33 students from
different social work training institutions had The Centre continues to offer both day and
their field work placement in our various pro- evening courses. The day classes train young
grammes. people at the crafts-level in the trade or porfes-
Highlights of each department are presented as sion they select out of the fifteen offered. Most
follows: of them are employed in their chosen field and
receive an average wage. The evening classes train
Clinical Psychology Department those who either want to improve their skill and
their position in their existing job or wish to
The Department aims at enhancing mental learn a new trade or profession. This year the
helth, both remedial and preventive, through a Centre served a total of 1,970 students. A Hostel
variety of services. Out of 106 clients receiving and Restaurant Cookery Course was also started
treatment, 50 are being psychologically assessed. this year. In addition, a new school bus was
48 clients are currently being treated through donated to the Centre by the Royal H.K. Jockey
weekly or bi-weekly sessions. Club.
Lei Cheng Uk Friendly Centre
The Department emphasizes prevention and
closely cooperates with departments or other The Centre aims at providing various social
agencies in the field of Family Life Education, services to meet the needs of the Lei Cheng Uk
War Against Rape, etc. The Department also area as well as to promote the quality of
actively participates in the translating and community life through working with the people
standardizing of tests sponsored by the Hong on the grass-roots level. A variety of services are
Kong Psychological Society. offered to children, youth and the elderly, such
as the Grassroot Community Projects, the
College Student Work Project Credit Union, Outreach to Youth at Risk and
a large lending Library. The Centre now has a
This Project has been mainly financed total membership of 4,407. This figure does
by the U.S. Government in the past. However, not include the very large number of people
this support was terminated at the end of 1978. touched by the various community projects.
This project will, therefore, be phased out in During the past year, four units at the Gladiolus
1981 when all students who are at present in the House, So Uk Estate, were allocated for the
project will have graduated. project to the Elderly. A grant was approved
by the Lotteries Fund for renovation.
The current number of students involved is
159, and there are 75 voluntary agencies making Medical Treatment Centre
use of their talents.
The MTC provides medical, dental and
Day Care Centres opthalmic outpatient services. Patients come

mainly from the immediate neighbourhood —
Three Day Care Centres are being operated Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok. These Clinics
in kwun Tong, Lei Cheng Uk and Tai Hang Tung provide about 2,200 treatments per month.
with a total capacity of 480 children. Currently, these Clinics also play a very
important role in serving Vietnamese Refugees.
Common to all three centres is the effort to A group of over 40 single elderly people who live
serve hoth children and their parents. A new in an over-crowded tenement also receive free
programme model was adopted this year to services at the Clinics.
enhance children's normal growth and develop-
ment. A few handicapped children were also Migration Services Department
admitted to two of the bigger centres.
This Department deals with three different
A new Day Care Centre is in the planning nationalities: stateless European refugees from
stage at Kowloon Bay, a temporary housing area. China, Chinese families residing in Hong Kong
who wish to resettle overseas and Vietnamese
Hostels for the Elderly boat refugees temporarily in Hong Kong awaiting
final resettlement abroad. Services to the

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