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

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-seven Task Group meetings have been held between May 2004 and September 2008.  You may retrieve the notes of the meetings in the following section:

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

"Guidelines on Prevention of Conflict of Interest and Good Practices for Vocational Rehabilitation Services" of Social Welfare Department has been implemented with effect from September 2008.  The guidelines can be downloaded here:

""  "Guidelines on Prevention of Conflict of Interest and Good Practices for Vocational Rehabilitation Services" (Chinese only)

Following the briefing session held on 8 September 2008 to introduce the captioned project, the PowerPoint and Summary of Questions and Answers presented in the session can be downloaded here:

1. PowerPoint  (file NSCCPII - Briefing Session on 8.9.08)
2. Summary of Questions and Answers (file NSCCPII - Briefing Session Questions and Answer)

Should you need further enquiries, please contact Mr. YAU Shu-fung, Dave on 2892 5187.

The Social Welfare Department (SWD) is now inviting, through a Service Specification, bona fide charitable organisations with experience in providing services relating to caring of children under the age of six to implement the new Neighbourhood Support Child Care Project (NSCCP) - Phase II ("" ), a more flexible form of day child care service.  The new NSCCP aims to meet the needs of parents who are either working long, unstable and / or unconventional hours, in emergency needs, and / or for various reasons require child care assistance, but lacking support network and having financial hardship in securing alternative child care support.

A full set of the Service Specification of the project can be accessed here:

""  NSCCP II - Service Specification

SWD will hold a briefing session for interested Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) with details as below : 

Date       :     8 September 2008 (Monday)

Time       :     3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Place      :     Room 206, Lady Trench Training Centre, 44 Oi Kwan Road, Wanchai

Interested applicant NGO, who would like to send a representative to attend the briefing session, should send the completed Annex 3 of the Service Specification to SWD on or before 12:00 noon on 5 September 2008.

Should you need further enquiries, plese contact Mr. YAU Shu-fung, Dave on 2892 5187.

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 27 August 2008 to the non-government organizations that are bona-fide non-profit making agencies currently providing social rehabilitation services for mentally ill persons subvented by Social Welfare Department (SWD) for their tendering of quality proposal for operation of the following new rehabilitation project:

• The Integrated Community Centre for Mental wellness at Tin Chak Estate, Tin Shui Wai.

A site visit to the premises and a briefing session will be held as follows.

Site visit
Date: 1 September 2008
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Venue: Unit 503-504, 5/F Ancillary Facilities Block, Tin Chak Estate, Tin Shui Wai.

Briefing session
Date: 1 September 2008
Time: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Venue: Caritas District Elderly Centre-Yuen Long (Tin Chak Centre), 6/F., Ancillary Facilities Block, Tin Chak Estate, Tin Shui Wai.

Service proposal of no more than 30 pages (For English version, A4 with front size at 12, single-line spacing with all margins also set at 3cm) (For Chinese version, font """ " size 13, single-line spacing with all margins also set at 3cm), should be sent in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy on or before 2 October 2008 (Thursday) 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
• Summary of the Information to be included in the Proposal
• Annex 1
• Annex 2.1 , Annex 2.2
• Annex 3
• Annex 4.1 , Annex 4.2 , Annex 4.3
• Annex 5
• Annex 6
  

Invitation for Proposals to Operate a New Rehabilitation Project (PowerPoint and Summary of Questions and Answers of the Briefing Session)
Following the invitation letter issued to NGOs (welfare) for the caption subject on 4 August 2008 on the new project namely a Day Activity Centre cum Hostel for Severely Mentally Handicapped Persons at Pokfulam Skills Centre, a site visit and briefing session was held on 13 August 2008.  The PowerPoint and Summary of Questions and Answers presented in the session can be accessed here:

1. PowerPoint
2. Summary of Questions and Answers

The Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch has issued an invitation letter dated 4 August 2008 to the NGOs (welfare) for their tendering of quality proposal for the operation of a new rehabilitation project, namely:

•  the Day Activity Centre cum Hostel for the Severely Mentally Handicapped Persons (DAC cum H) at Pokfulam Skills Centre, Aberdeen.

Site visit and a briefing session will be held with schedule as follows:

i. 13 August 2008, 10:00am to 11:15am - site visit to the new DAC cum Hostel at 5/F & 6/F, Pokfulam Skills Centre, 147 Pok Fu Lam Road, Aberdeen;
ii. 13 August 2008, 11:30am to 12:15pm - a briefing session at Hall, 1/F, Pokfulam Skills Centre, Aberdeen.

Interested NGOs (welfare) may submit service proposal, which should be not more than 30 pages in A4 size with font size at 12, and in 6 hard copies and 1 soft copy, in a sealed envelope by hand to the following address on or before 1 September 2008 (Monday), 5:00pm:

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 application will not be accepted.

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

For further enquiries, you may contact:
Mr CHAN Kwok Ho
SS(RM)1
Tel. no.: 2892 5378

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