About us
About PCST
The Pakistan Islamic Welfare Union was established in 1988 to provide a range of support services for the Pakistan community in Hong Kong. Since April 2006, the Government has sponsored us to operate a Community Support Team for the Pakistanis, providing a variety of support services, i.e. inquiries, home visits, escorts, referrals, training, integration programs, and sports activities
.Introduction of Pakistan Islamic Welfare Union Incorporated Ltd
Pakistan Islamic Welfare Union has been established with the objective to
solve the problem of Pakistani who are living in Hong Kong, such as
children education, public housing, immigration, labor, translation,
interpretation, hospital escort, welfare, and religious education, etc.
Pakistan Islamic Welfare Union actively looks for a better solution to
solve the daily problems faced by local Pakistani. Most of them are having
communication problems and cultural barriers. We try to assist the new
immigrants to adapt and settle down in the new living environment in Hong
Kong.
Mr. Mohammad Liaqat (Chairman of PIWU)
I am very proud to say that Pakistan Islamic Welfare Union has been trying
our very best to help to promote community relationships between Pakistani
and Chinese in Hong Kong for the past two decades. I would like to
express my gratitude to all executive members of PIWU who joined our
hands together and help us in making strong efforts for the Pakistani
Community. I would like to ask for continuous support in the future.
I would like to thank Honorable Ex Ms. Shirley Chan, Senior
Programme Officer of Race Relation Unit, for giving us marvelous support
and guidance in each and every step to establish the PIWU Community
Support Team, PCST, help us to build up the capacity of Pakistani
Community to achieve self-help through the project PCST. Sincerely
thanks to the Housing Department for sponsoring and providing a venue to
set up our PCST center in Tin Shui Wai district.
Last but not least, I would like to express my heartiest gratitude to Mr.
Tsang Yuk Sing, JP of DAB, Chairman of Legislative Council for giving us
precious advice. Without all the support, our center does not exist today.
The PCST can become the first team established to serve the Pakistani
Community in Hong Kong has been the effort made by all the members
of the PIWU, I would like to take the opportunity to thanks, everyone, again.
Pakistan Community Support Team Project Objective
The project aims to understand and access the community available
resources that can facilitate their social adjustment in Hong Kong. To
enhance our knowledge and surviving skills in order to strengthen our
capacities and potentials, to build ourselves, to help and develop mutual
support network among the Pakistani and ethnic communities, to promote
social inclusion between Pakistani Community and local Chinese
community, to raise mutual understanding and facilitate the
communication.
Our services
To build mutual support groups among the Pakistani community and the
locals. To set up volunteers' development programs in order to explore our
Pakistani Community potentials in serving our own group and expand our
community as well.
To collaborate programs with the Pakistani community and local parties such
as schools, religious organizations, government departments, and nongovernment
organizations in engaging with our Pakistani community and
local people in social inclusion.
To provide escort services in the New Territories and Yau Tsim Mong
District, to facilitate the elderly, disabled, and those people who have
communication problem.
To provide inquiry hotline service: hotline service launched in order to
provide an additional channel to the Pakistani Community whenever help
becomes necessary. Service included translation, brief counseling,
referral to other public services, and information giving.
PIWU Service Centre, Information Corner, and Messengers
A proactive, Multi facilitated a level of intervention and outreaching approach
is taken to provide, 'One-Stop" service for the Pakistani Community. We
opened a service Centre in Tin Shui Wai, named Pakistan Islamic Welfare
Union Centre. Comprising of a counseling, free interpretation/translation
service, mutual help and supports group, volunteer services, recreational
and development activities, specific services regarding the assistance and
support from different government departments such as Immigration, labor
related, escort to hospital services, MPF/education services, CSSA and
family welfare related services, public housing-related services, English
tutorial classes, Urdu, English, Quran, and computer classes.
PCST achievements in the past one and a half years
1. Telephone and walk-in enquiries
2. Translation and Interpretation services
3. Escort service and home visits
4. Miscellaneous, such as cases referral, volunteer services
Program and group activities
1. Youth Sports
2. Female DIY Activity
3. Female Sports Activity
4. Workshops
5. Cultural shows
6. Family tours
7. Female Baking & Cooking Class
8. Female Henna Design Learning Class
9. Female Yoga Class and many more.