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The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 25 June 2007 to the NGOs (rehabilitation services) for their submission of proposal for setting up small business(es) for persons with disabilities under the ¡§Enhancing Employment of People with Disabilities through Small Enterprise¡¨ Project (3E¡¦s Project) at the captioned vacant premises. 

The proposal is expected to be not more than 10 pages (including appendices, font size at 12, and submitted in two hard copies and one soft copy).  If you are interested in this project, please submit your ¡§Preliminary Business Proposal¡¨ in sealed envelope by hand on or before 5:00 pm on 16 July 2007 (Monday) to the following address:

               Social Welfare Department

               Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch

               (Attn : CHAN Ping-ching, SS(RM)2)

                Rm 901, Wu Chung House

               213 Queen¡¦s Road East, Wan Chai

               Hong Kong

No late application will be accepted.

For access to the Invitation Letter (copy), Information Note and related Annexes of the project, please click here:

• Invitation Letter
• Information Note
• Preliminary Business Proposal Form

Annexes : 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b

The Task Group on Implementation of Integrated Family Service Centres (IFSCs) (Task Group), comprising representatives from all the nine Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating IFSCs, two NGOs operating the Integrated Services Centres in Tung Chung, 12 District Social Welfare Offices of Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, was formed in May 2004 to discuss on operational issues and common areas of concerns arising from the implementation of IFSCs.  A total of twenty-two Task Group meetings have been held between May 2004 and June 2007.  You may retrieve the notes of the meetings in the following section:

Notes of meeting	Month / Year
First meeting Second meeting	September 2004
Third meeting	October 2004
Fourth meeting	November 2004
Fifth meeting	December 2004
Sixth meeting	January 2005
Seventh meeting	March 2005
Eighth meeting	April 2005
Ninth meeting	June 2005
Tenth meeting	July 2005
Eleventh meeting	September 2005
Twelfth meeting	October 2005
Thirteen meeting	December 2005
Fourteenth meeting	February 2006
Fifteenth meeting	April 2006
Sixteenth meeting	June 2006
Seventeenth meeting	September 2006
Eighteenth meeting	December 2006
Nineteenth meeting	February 2007
Twentieth meeting	April 2007

You may download here the notes of the twenty-first meeting.

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 13 June 2007 to the eleven NGOs operating subvented social rehabilitation services for ex-mentally ill persons for their tendering of quality proposal for operation of the following new rehabilitation project:

• One Community Mental Health Intervention Project team in each SWD administrative district.

A briefing session will be held as follows.

Date: 15 June 2007

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Venue: Conference Room 1, 9/F Wu Chung House, 213 Queen¡¦s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Each applicant can at most apply for 2 districts. Proposal should be not more than 25 pages with 2 district preferences or 15 pages for those with 1 district preference only.  For English version, A4 with front size at 12, single-line spacing with all margins also set at 3cm) (For Chinese version, font ¡¥·s²Ó©úÅ顦 size 13, single-line spacing with all margins also set at 3cm.  All proposals should be sent in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy on or before 6 July 2007 (Friday) 5:00 p.m. to the following address:

Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch

[Attn.: Mr Edmond NG, SS(RM)4]

Social Welfare Department

Rm 901, Wu Chung House,

213 Queen¡¦s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Late Application will not be accepted.

Please download the Invitation Letter (copy), Summaries and full set of the Service Specification and related Annexes of the project.

• Invitation Letter (copy)

• Service Specification

• Information to be Included in the Proposal

To facilitate the workshop instructors, welfare workers and other staff working with people with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation, day and residential training settings of NGOs and Social Welfare Department (SWD) as well as residential homes operated by private organizations to acquire multi-skills and take an active role in developing the potential of people with mental handicap, the SWD has commissioned the Division of Social Studies, Community College of City University of Hong Kong to run the above-course.  The course, which is funded by Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped, is a one-year part-time course and will commence on 22 September 2007 and finish in August 2008.  Tuition fee of $500 is to be payable by the applicant when the application is accepted.  Rehabilitation service agencies are invited to nominate suitable staff for this course and the application will be closed on 27 July 2007. 

Should you have any enquiries about the application procedures, please contact Miss Ivy Tse of the City University of Hong Kong at 2788 7442 or Ms Chan Mei-yi, Social Work Officer (Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services)5 of Social Welfare Department at 2892 5156.  For information about and to download the course syllabus & schedule and the application form, you can visit the website of the City University of Hong Kong, http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cccu/cccu_courses01.htm

The Social Welfare Department has made payment of additional social welfare assistance of one month to recipients of CSSA and SSA (including Disability Allowance and Old Age Allowance) on 30 May 2007.  Beneficiaries can get the additional assistance through the existing CSSA or SSA payment method (i.e. normally through bank payment credited to the designated bank account).  Beneficiaries are not required to make application for the additional assistance.  Recipients who are eligible for CSSA or SSA in the month of implementation (i.e. May 2007) will benefit from the additional assistance.

For recipients whose eligibility for May 2007 has yet to be established or reviewed, the Department will arrange payment to them once their eligibility is confirmed.

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch of the Social Welfare Department has issued an invitation letter dated 18 June 2007 to the NGOs (welfare) for their tendering of quality proposal for the operation of the following new pre-school rehabilitation project:

    • the Early Education and Training Centre (EETC) at Skyline Tower, Tong Mei Road, Mongkok

Site visit will be held with schedules as follows:

i. 26 June 2007, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - site visit to the new EETC at Flats A-D, 2/F., Skyline Tower, 18 Tong Mei Road, Mongkok, Kowloon.

Regarding the present invitation of proposals or enquiry about the site visit, please contact the Rehabilitation & Medical Social Services Branch at 2892 5346; or enlist assistance from our staff on spot during the site visit.

Service proposal of no more than 25 pages (A4 with font size at 13 and in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy), should be sent on or before 17 July 2007 (Tuesday), 5:00 p.m. directly to the following address:

Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch
(Attn: Mr CHAN Kwok Ho, SS(RM)1)
Social Welfare Department
Rm 901, Wu Chung House
213 Queen¡¦s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Late submission to the above address will not be accepted.

Please click here to download the Invitation Letter (copy), Summary and full sets of the Service Specification and related Annexes of the project.

- Invitation letter (copy)
- Summary
- Service Specification
- Annex 1.1, 1.2
- Annex 2
- Annex 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
- Annex 4
- Annex 5
- Annex 6

The Committee on Services for Youth at Risk has held the 38th meeting on 29 March 2007 (Thursday). You may download from here:

1. Agenda of the 38th meeting
    (Acrobat doc, Word doc)
   
2. Minutes of the 37th meeting held on 11 January 2006 
    (Acrobat doc, Word doc)

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 3 May 2007 to the NGOs (rehabilitation services) for their submission of quality proposal for the following three projects of Supported Hostels for Mentally Handicapped Persons (SHOS(MH)s), namely:

(i)        Fu Shin SHOS(MH) at Unit 2, G/F, Shin Tsui House, Fu Shin Estate, Tai Po, New Territories;

(ii)     Shun Lee SHOS(MH) at Unit 2B, Shun Lee Shopping Centre, Phase II, Shun Lee Estate, Kwun Tong, Kowloon; and

(iii) Nam Shan SHOS(MH) at Units 33-48, G/F, Nam Yat House, Nam Shan Estate, Shamshuipo, Kowloon.

Site visits and a briefing session will be held with schedules as follows:

Service proposal of no more than 40 pages (A4 with font size at 12 and in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy), should be sent on or before 15 June 2007 (Friday), 5:00 p.m. to the following address:

Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch
(Attn: Mr CHAN Ping-ching, SS(RM)2)
Social Welfare Department
Rm 901, Wu Chung House
213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Late application will not be accepted.

For access to the Invitation Letter (copy), Summary and full sets of the Service Specifications and related Annexes of the project, please click here:

• Invitation letter
• Service Specification

Annexes : 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8

The Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment" (4^th round) and "Central Fund for Personal Computers" (16^th round) now accept applications.

Eligible organisations, educational institutes and individual persons with visual impairment may apply for "The Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment" whereas "Central Fund for Personal Computers" is for people with disabilities engaging in supported employment or self-employment.

Detailed information and application forms can be downloaded from SWD Website: http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_rehab/sub_listofserv/id_itforpeople/ ; or CyberAble.net:   http://www.cyberable.net

and enquiries can also be made to Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch, Social Welfare Department:

"The Jockey Club IT Scheme for People with Visual Impairment"

Telephone: 2892 5652; Email Address: srm3@swd.gov.hk ; Fax:      2119 9035.

"Central Fund for Personal Computers"

Telephone No.: 2892 5156; Email Address: srm5@swd.gov.hk ; Fax:      2119 9035.

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in June 2007 issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.

You can also click here to make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on approved fund-raising activities.

The list of Flag Day Organisers from April 2007 to March 2008 can be downloaded here.

You can also click here to make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on flag day.