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Charitable Fund-raising for victims of the Sichuan earthquake
The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places for victims of the Sichuan earthquake issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.

Charitable Fund-raising Activies in July 2008
The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in July 2008 issued with Public Subscription Permit (PSP) can be downloaded here.

The Social Welfare Department (SWD) is now inviting bona fide non-profit making agencies currently operating SWD-subvented young people services for at-risk youth (i.e. District Youth Outreaching Teams, Overnight Outreaching Service for Young Night Drifters and Community Support Service Scheme) and/or designated drug treatment and rehabilitation services (i.e. CCPSAs, Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Centres, and Social Clubs for Drug Abusers/Ex-drug Abusers) to operate the CCPSAs in (i) Yuen Long District and/or (ii) Shatin District.  Applicant NGOs interested in operating either one or both new CCPSAs may submit one or two separate service proposals for designated district.

CCPSAs are designated service units providing a continuum of direct community-based non-residential drug treatment and rehabilitation services as well as preventive education services to psychotropic substance abusers and young people at risk.

A briefing session on this invitation for proposal will be held on 14 July 2008 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. at Room 406, Lady Trench Training Centre at 44 Oi Kwan Road, Wan Chai.  Registration for the briefing session is detailed in the Invitation Letter as per file attached.

Invitation Letter and Reply Slip for Attending the Briefing Session, Service Specifications (Summary) and its Detailed Description with Annexes 1 to 3 could be downloaded in the files attached below.

- Invitation Letter and Reply Slip for Attending Briefing Session  ""
- Service Specifications (Summary) - Appendix I  ""
- Service Specifications (Detailed Description) - Appendix II  ""
- Funding and Service Agreement - Annex 1  ""
- Assessment on Service Quality Standards (SQSs) - Annex 2  ""
- Information to be Included in the Application - Annex 3""
 
The closing date of submission of application is 4 August 2008.

Should you have further enquiries, please contact Miss Jessica Cheung, Senior Social Work Officer (Youth)2 at 2892 5128 or Miss Mimi Lo, Social Work Officer (Youth)2 at 2892 5126.

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, 11 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-six Task Group meetings have been held between May 2004 and June 2008.  You may retrieve the notes of the meetings in the following section:

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

The Financial Secretary announced in his 2008-09 Budget Speech to provide one additional month of the standard rate for CSSA recipients, one additional month of allowance for DA recipients, and a one-off grant of $3,000 for OAA recipients.  The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council approved a financial allocation of $2.7 billion on 16 May 2008 for implementing the measure.

Welfare recipients are not required to make application for the one-off additional payment.  The money will be paid to them on 16 June 2008 through the existing CSSA or SSA payment method, that is, normally through bank payment credited to the designated bank account.

The list of Flag Day Organisers from April 2008 to March 2009 can be downloaded here.