Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children

Charitable Organization

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Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children

香港保護兒童會

HKSPC Head Office in Portland Street, Mongkok

Abbreviation| HKSPC
Formation| 1926
Legal status| Charity
Location|

* Hong Kong

President

| Timothy Lam Jr

Chairman

| Robin Hammond
Website| Official website
Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children

Traditional Chinese| 香港保護兒童會
| Transcriptions

Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Hēung góng bóu wuh yìh tùhng wuih
Jyutping| Hoeng1 gong2 bou2 wu6 ji4 tung4 wui6

Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children (HKSPC) is one of Hong Kong’s longest running non-profit-making organisations and one of the largest in children’s services. It is a registered charity, governed by an Executive Committee, partially subvented by the government and supported by a Fund Raising Committee which raises fund for non-subvented services and initiatives.

## Services

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HKSPC operates 28 service units throughout Hong Kong serving around 3,000 children and their families on a daily basis.

SIA Whampoa Nursery School

### Nursery schools and day crèches

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HKSPC operates five-day crèches (for infants to 2-year-olds) and 16 nursery schools (for children aged 2 to 6 years old) to take care of more than 2,500 children throughout the SAR. Many of these children come from less privileged and/or families with acute social problems.

| Day creches

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1  | Jessie Tam Day Creche
2  | SIA Shaukiwan Day Creche
3  | William Grimsdale Day Creche
4  | Air Cargo Community Day Creche
5  | Esther Lee Day Creche

* Ocean Shores Nursery School also provides day creche service

| Nursery schools

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1  | Thomas Tam Nursery School
2  | SIA Whampoa Nursery School
3  | Park'N Shop Staff Charitable Fund Nursery School
4  | Ma Tau Chung Nursery School
5  | Hong Kong Bank Foundation Nursery School
6  | Cheung Sha Wan Nursery School
7  | Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Tam Nursery School
8  | BOC Nursery School
9  | Ocean Shores Nursery School
10  | Portland Street Nursery School
11  | Butterfly Estate Nursery School
12  | The Jockey Club Hok Sam Nursery School
13  | Lam Woo Nursery School
14  | Operation Santa Claus Fanling Nursery School
15  | Sze Wu Shu Min Nursery School
16  | Sham Tseng Nursery School
I.T. Education Centre Reading Room

### Children and Family Services Centres

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The two Children and Family Services Centres, located in Mongkok and Kowloon City, aim at early identifying the needs of families in the districts, developing comprehensive community networks and making referral to suitable services in the community. The centres provide community support services including after-school care, tutorial classes and parent-child quality play corner. The centre in Kowloon City also serves ethnic minority families.

### Children's Residential Home

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Children’s Residential Home is the largest residential crèche for children under 3 years of age in Hong Kong. It provides round-the-clock care for children who cannot be properly taken care of by their families and referred to the organisation by social workers and Social Welfare Department. It is also the only centre in Hong Kong offering 24-hour occasional residential care service to babies under the age of 2 for families with urgent needs.

### Centre for Child Enlightenment

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The centre offers support services for children with diverse developmental needs, their parents, early childhood educators and schools. Its provides professional consultation, assessment, counseling and individual/group training delivered by its service team comprising educational psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, trainers, and registered social workers.

## References

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Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States