To any organization, staff is its invaluable property.
Hong Kong Christian Service knows it so well that staff training has
always been the agency's culture.
Trainings
are organized for different staff categories. As the year 2000 trainings
were mainly for the middle management, a two-day workshop adopting adventure
activities all through was designed to equip the middle management to
cope with changes. Staff who attended the workshop found it very helpful;
one response said, "...The activities in the two-day workshop are
one of the most exciting and unforgettable experience in my life. I
would surely recommend it to those who have not yet attended."
Interaction with the media is fairly frequent in the social
service field. In view of this, two media workshops were organized in
which two-way communications with people in the media were provided
to increase understanding of each party's interests and concerns. In
addition, there 
were
simulated interviews with reporters from radio, newspaper and television
that helped sharpen the interviewing skills of our middle management
staff.
There was also a Putonhua-practice day camp for all service
supervisors and officers-in-charge to uphold the spirit of learning
and to improve one's Putonhua. This also helped prepare them for the
increasing interactions with social service sectors in China.
As it has always been, continual learning and staff development
will stay as Hong Kong Christian Service's culture.
