Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council

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Published: 12:00am, 11 Jun 2006

Where: 1A Lower Albert Road, Central.

What: Established in 1973, the council is one of Hong Kong's most prominent social welfare organisations. It provides a wide range of services, including counselling, rehabilitation and community services for children, young people, families and the elderly.

How: In 1995, the council launched a hotline service not only to help Form Five students doing the HKCEE, but also their parents. The support scheme - called 'Walking Through the Days of HKCEE Together' - is now recruiting new volunteers, from Form Six or above, who will receive training during the summer so that they can help with managing the hotline around the time when the HKCEE results are released.

The two hotline centres are located at Yau Oi Estate, Tuen Mun, and Hang On Estate, Ma On Shan. Visit www.skhwc.org.hk/hkcee to apply or call 8203 9071 for more information. The application deadline is June 15.

Teen volunteer: Mok Ka-hei, 22, is pursuing an associate degree in Applied Youth Studies at Lingnan University. He was a hotline volunteer in 2005 and will join the service again this year.

'Volunteers must attend eight training sessions before managing the hotline. Last year, I worked from August 8 to 14. The day before and the two days following the release of the HKCEE results were the busiest. We received over a dozen of calls during a single shift, which lasts for about four to six hours.