A growing number of girls are muscling out the boys in Hong Kong's teenage street gang culture, according to a charity that has been helping troubled youngsters for over two decades.
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A local charitable foundation has its eyes fixed on a vast social project on the mainland - training enough social workers to deal with the effects of massive urbanisation and other trends.
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Drug trafficking, teenage pregnancy, suicide, bullying - the list of the city's youth problems is endless, and schools and parents must join hands to tackle them. Social workers are the bridge...
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Social workers trying to connect with troubled young people are turning to the internet. Where once an outreach worker could stroll onto a soccer pitch and make contacts, these days they are...
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11 Jun 2011
Richfield Realty withdrew a plan to hire a social worker last night after a group of social workers campaigned against the move over the past week.
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7 Jun 2011
A controversial property developer has advertised for a social worker to counsel residents forced to make way for redevelopment projects - provoking a backlash by hundreds of social workers.
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It is nearly 6am and Toe Chan Chun-to has just grabbed a bite to eat. He is on his way home after spending the whole night wandering the streets.
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The death of a 72-year-old man at his home in a remote Sheung Shui village during Thursday's downpours has highlighted concern over government cuts in resources for community services aimed...
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Requirements
The main duty of a social worker is to help people who are in crisis. They have to be optimistic and understanding, and persuade clients that things can change for the...
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The Democratic Party has apologised for a controversy surrounding legislator Wong Sing-chi, who stood for election describing himself as a social worker when he had not renewed his registration...
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Tragedies arising from domestic violence never fail to shock. The deaths of a divorced mother and her two teenage children in Tsz Wan Shan provide a particularly sad example.
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Young people could be having a tough time finding work after the financial tsunami that has devastated the world's stock markets and caused many bankruptcies.
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