Finished at the Po Leung Kuk
My contract at the Po Leung Kuk has come to an end. A year later, and it's sad to finally leave.
It was a difficult year - aggravating at times if not physically painful otherwise (the children bite, kick, and throw things at your head). I have photos - even video, that, unfortunately for legal reasons I cannot post (these are protected children due to their background of being orphans).
I also will not go too much into details about the discussions that went on before my employment or after, except to say that those too were aggravating. But more than anything, they were certainly great lessons on managerial style. Understanding that this was the first year of this ambitious project built at a crossroads between organisations with completely different cultures and perhaps different goals, I'm happy to have been involved and overjoyed at the opportunity to have done something important for the community with two organisations that do vital work in the Hong Kong community. I got a reference letter!
It was a difficult year - aggravating at times if not physically painful otherwise (the children bite, kick, and throw things at your head). I have photos - even video, that, unfortunately for legal reasons I cannot post (these are protected children due to their background of being orphans).
I also will not go too much into details about the discussions that went on before my employment or after, except to say that those too were aggravating. But more than anything, they were certainly great lessons on managerial style. Understanding that this was the first year of this ambitious project built at a crossroads between organisations with completely different cultures and perhaps different goals, I'm happy to have been involved and overjoyed at the opportunity to have done something important for the community with two organisations that do vital work in the Hong Kong community. I got a reference letter!
posted by Canadian "Civil" Servant at 16:44
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It's good to see you posting again. We've missed you. One question, if there is such concern about protecting the identitiy of their wards, how come PLK has no qualms about trotting them out in front of the cameras whenever a celebrity like Stephen Chow drops by?
So does that mean you're going back to Canada? Always enjoyed reading your posts, although as you said, came less frequently after a while. I liked seeing HK from a new perspective.. the 'fresh' and enthusiastic views of relative newcomers keep me from waking up each day wishing i was anywhere but here.
FINE!
A post will be up soon...
The former guardians of the children signed a release form.
Even if they signed a release form, the situation has to be an identified public event.
I.e.: child with a release form to be identified to the public still can not be identified in a photo of them sleeping, watching TV, or, like I saw a few weeks before I left, being returned with much media hoopla to the headquarters after the mother tried to smuggle the kid China.
I was reminded again when I left to be careful with photos I may have in my possession. Whether they've signed a release form or not.
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