The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS), along with co-organisers the Social Work and Social Administration (SWSA) Programme, and the SWSA Academy Society arranged the 11th SWSA Week.
The event kicked off on 19 March with a forum entitled ‘The Future Development of Social Services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area: Collaboration and Partnership’. The idea behind this forum was to promote and integrate professional social work and social services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
At the forum of the SWSA Week
UIC Vice President (Academic Affairs) Prof Chen Zhi delivers opening remarks
Dean of DHSS Prof Sung Mei-hwa gives an address
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology from the Sun Yat-Sen University and former Deputy Director of the Steering Committee of Sociology Teaching in Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education, Prof Cai He; Director of the Division of Benefits of the Social Security Fund of the Macao Special Administrative Region, Mr Kwong Kong-Yiu; the Chief Executive Officer of the International Social Service Hong Kong Branch and the Director of the International Social Service in Asia and Pacific Region, Mr Qiu Haobo as well as Mr He Wen from the Amity Foundation all attended the forum and gave speeches.
The forum is chaired by Programme Director of SWSA Dr Chan Kam Tong
Prof Cai He
Mr Qiu Haobo
Mr Kwong Kong-Yiu
Mr He Wen
Other activities were held throughout the week including ‘The Social Welfare Tour’, which was an arranged visit to the Zhuhai Social Welfare Centre for the Elderly on 20 March and 23 March. Students from the Social Work and Social Administration programme were the guides as they gave participants on this tour a chance to know home facilities for the elderly.
The audience members are actively engaged in the forum
A booth was set up at the Huixian Village Square under the name ‘To Love is to Act’ during the lunch hours on 20 and 21 March. This booth was to echo the theme of International Social Worker Day and to raise UICers’ awareness of the importance of interpersonal relationships. Postcards were prepared for visitors to write down words of care and tell their loved ones how important they are to them. The first 20 writers on that day had an opportunity to enjoy free postal service.
Reporter: Samuel Burgess
Photographer: Ben Wen
Editors: Deen He, Marissa Furney, Étienne Fermie
(from MPRO)
