Social Workers

Talking points

19 Feb 2013

Tourism Board unveils its plans

5:03AM

ZeShan Foundation to use Operation Santa Claus to boost social work

27 Dec 2012

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.

3:37AM

Troubled teenagers reached on internet

29 Aug 2011

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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In Brief

3 Jun 2010

'Long Hair' and five others lose appeals against convictions

7:32PM

Licensing urged for columbariums

8 Feb 2010

The Democratic Party has called for a licensing system to control privately run storage facilities for human ashes, after the party found that up to 20 columbariums may be operating illegally in...

6:33AM

Legco's public image sagging, poll finds

30 Dec 2009

Hongkongers' dissatisfaction with the legislature's overall performance has hit the highest level since 2005, a survey has found.

1:31PM

Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

7:12AM

15pc of case workers depressed, survey finds

3:46PM

Pan-democrats bicker over seats

Pan-democrats yesterday accused each other of betraying the democratic cause in a row over who should contest which seats in the district council elections of 2011.

3:13PM

Minibonds meeting ends in recriminations

A meeting between bankers and lawmakers over how to resolve the Lehman Brothers minibonds saga ended with complaints on both sides yesterday, with some politicians saying 'no sincerity' had...

3:44AM

Strength in unity

The poor showing of the Civic Party in the recent Legislative Council election is partly due to the emergence of the radical League of Social Democrats. The league's candidates never spared an...

8:41AM

Teens warned over border perils

A social worker has warned youngsters to stay alert on short trips across the border following the Shenzhen nightclub blaze which claimed the lives of five Hongkongers.

5:37AM

Veteran Democrat decides to run again for social welfare sector seat

Former Democratic Party legislator Tik Chi-yuen has decided to contest the social welfare sector functional constituency seat in September, 13 years after stepping down from the legislature.

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