Secretariat: 6/F, Tsan Yuk Hospital, 30 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong

Newsletter Issue No.84– 16 April 2012 Page 1 of 4

Here comes further sharing from Ah Chung:

是非不執著黑白又何妨

是黑好？是白好？黑白一起好不好。

Right or wrong, black or white, does it matter?

Is black better? Is white better? What about both?

無我

問世間我為何物，

我不是東西。

Sense of nothingness.

Who am I? Who knows?

Secretariat: 6/F, Tsan Yuk Hospital, 30 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2859 5300 Fax: (852) 2559 1813 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.cifa-net.org Newsletter Issue No.84– 16 April 2012 Page 2 of 4

1. The International Conference on "Youth Development in the Global Context: Emergent Issues and Responses"

Wofoo Social Enterprises, a CIFA Full Member, has kindly reserved complementary seats to other CIFA members who may be interested in the conference.

The International Conference on "Youth Development in the Global Context: Emergent Issues and Responses"

Date: 3-4 May 2012 (Thursday and Friday) Venue: Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Time: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

P.A.T.H.S. is a project which aims to promote holistic development among adolescents in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust approved HK$400 million in 2004 to initiate an eight-year project entitled 'P.A.T.H.S. to Adulthood: A Jockey Club Youth Enhancement Scheme'. The Project P.A.T.H.S. is co- organized by the Social Welfare Department, the Education Bureau, and a Research Team comprising academics from five universities in Hong Kong. The Research Team developed, implemented and evaluated the positive youth development programme constructed in the project. Since its inception in the 2005/06 school year, more than 280 secondary schools with a total number of 212,600 (as at October, 2011) students benefits from the project. Evaluation based on different strategies have consistently shown that different stakeholders (including students, teachers, and social workers) had positive perceptions of effectiveness of the program. In addition, relative to students in the control schools, students in the experimental schools displayed better holistic development and less risk behavior over time.

In view of the overwhelming success of the initial phase of the project, the Trust earmarked an additional funding of HK$350 million to extend the project for another cycle from 2009-2012"

P.A.T.H.S should be of interest of anyone interested in youth - whether it is with your own children or relatives, or the youngsters you hope to develop. If you are interested, please complete below Reply Slip and return it to [email protected] on or before 21 April 2012.

Please click here for the programme of the Conference. Please click here for the Reply Slip. Further details of P.A.T.H.S. are available at www.paths.hk.

2. Launching Ceremony cum Seminar of Academy of Family Therapy (AFT)

The Launching Ceremony cum Seminar of AFT is scheduled to be held on 2nd May, 2012 (Wednesday) from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Auditorium, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Mr. Paul Tang, Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare has kindly agreed to be the officiating guest. Apart from the Launching Ceremony, Dr. Lee Wai Yung, Clinical Director of AFT, Founding Director of the HKU Family Institute and faculty member of the Minuchin Center for the Family in New York, USA, will present a seminar on the very important issue of “Where’s the family in the new mental health era”. We have received overwhelming response and those who haven’t registered yet will have to be put on the waiting list.

Click here for the invitation letter and the registration form. Grateful if you will confirm your attendance by returning the form as soon as possible by mail to The Academy of Family Therapy Limited, 5/F, Tsan Yuk Hospital, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong; by e-mail to [email protected]; or by fax at 2559 1813.

Please click here to find a route map showing the temporary entrance via the car park into the lift lobby of the Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, due to renovation work at the main entrance.

3. 3rd Regional Symposium at National University of Singapore (11-13th December, 2012)

With the active input from the Organizing Committee (OC) and the Scientific Committee (SC), preparation work for the Symposium is in good progress. Highlight of the program includes: 2 keynote speeches by world renowned family therapists, 4 plenary sessions covering important issue facing the Asian families and paper/poster presentation by participants. Another highlight is the Final Adjudication of the 3A Project 2012 to be followed by the Award Presentation.

Invitation letters and poster are being widely distributed to invite potential participants to attend the Symposium and submit abstracts for paper presentation.

Remember to mark your diary and don’t miss this important event of CIFA!

For more details, please look at: http://www.cifasymposium2012.org and http://www.cifa- net.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=247&Itemid=122

4. Annual General Meeting 2012

The Annual General Meeting 2012 of CIFA is scheduled to be held on 27th April, 2012 (Friday) at Tsan Yuk Hospital to be followed by a dinner at the Metropol Restaurant, 4/F United Centre, Queensway, Hong Kong. Notice of the AGM and the Auditor’s Report have been issued. Don’t miss this chance to catch up with the development of CIFA, and meet new and old friends.

CIFA Members Share: If you have recently attended a conference/workshop and would like to share your experience, or would like to share any news about your work that may be of interest to the community, please e-mail to: the secretariat of CIFA, [email protected] Secretariat: 6/F, Tsan Yuk Hospital, 30 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2859 5300 Fax: (852) 2559 1813 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.cifa-net.org