Community Services

1. What are the similarities and differences among the following concepts: Community Work, Community Development, Community Building, and Community Care?
2. What are the different types of community development services operated under the Social Welfare Department? What do NLCDP, INP, and CC stand for?  What are their programme objectives and what target population do they serve?
3. Which policy bureau of the government is responsible for the policy area of community development?
4. In earlier White Paper on social welfare, community development is one of the major areas. However, in the last White Paper of the 90's, such a section is absent. Why?
5. What do "mutual help", "self-help", and "community participation" mean?
6. What do "society", "community", and "neighbourhood" mean?
7. What does "functional community" mean as contrast to "geographical community"?
8. What is a "self-help" group/organization? Name a few in the social welfare field.