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Green Monday Lunch with Chua Hoi Wai, Chief Executive at HK Council of Social Service

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Posted on 3 January, 2016

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It’s been heart warming to see a growing number of young adults exploring a career/ side-job in the social service/ social enterprise sector! However we also understand it is not an easy task in Hong Kong. As Chief Executive of HK Council of Social Service, Mr Chua represents and oversees more than 400 non-government social service organisation!! Today, we really appreciate his generosity to donate his time to share advices & help our volunteers on setting up their own social enterprise!

The lunch has raised over 30 volunteer hours, contributing to Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association, 天水圍扶康會地區支援中心 & Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children.

This article originally appeared on our blog on Medium: https://medium.com/time-auction/green-monday-lunch-with-chua-hoi-wai-chief-executive-at-hk-council-of-social-service-d6392eaf924a

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