★ Star's Resume
Mr. Raymond Cheung, former Assistant Director of the RFHK, has engaged in social welfare services for many years, with abundant experience in community development, youth work and rehabilitation service. In recent years, he studied law in the City University of Hong Kong. Now he is a legal trainee.
★ Star's Words
The RFHK is a rehabilitation service agency for mental patients. Immediately after the inception of the CIIF in 2002, the RFHK applied for its funding of “It's All Because of You: Community Cohesion Project” which was fortunate enough to be one of the approved projects in the first batch. Subsequently, several alternative community cohesion projects were approved to assist former mental patients for reintegration into the community so that the public will have a better understanding of mental illness and therefore take appropriate precaution. “Social inclusion” has long been one of the principles for rehabilitation service. With the CIIF’s funding and account of “social capital”, we can have a deeper understanding of the concept of “inclusion”. In the context of rehabilitation, “inclusion” should not only mean assisting service users to participate in community activities but also leveraging on individual talents for contribution to the community and social capital building during their participation. On the other hand, “inclusion” also covers mutual assistance which should not be confined to the respective groups of service users but instead an effective community network should be built through interaction among various groups in the community, with a view to promoting mutual care and acceptance and finally reducing discrimination and misunderstanding. Lastly, I hope that we can continue to promote social inclusion and build social capital through the implementation of CIIF work.
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