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The Social Welfare Department is inviting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating subvented rehabilitation services for people with disabilities to submit an application to operate the Hostel for Moderately Mentally Handicapped Persons (HMMH) at Unit A, G/F, 1 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, N.T.  Commencement of operation of the HMMH is planned to be in the fourth quarter of 2007-08.  Interested NGOs should submit applications to Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch of Social Welfare Department, Room 901, 9/F Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.  The deadline for submission is 29 October 2007 (Monday), 5:00 p.m.  Please click here to download the Service Specification for this application

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-three Task Group meetings have been held between May 2004 and September 2007.  You may retrieve the notes of the meetings in the following section:

Notes of meeting	Month / Year
First meeting	September 2004
Second meeting
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
Twenty-first meeting	June 2007

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

The list of Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in October 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 Charitable Fund-raising Activities in public places in September 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 hereto make use of the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) with search function for more information on flag day.