After the election reform, the Election Committee added 60 new "community associations", and some nominated and elected the chief executive and members of the Legislative Council.
Hong Kong people don't know much about fellow associations. They have always given the impression that sorority clubs and big seasons launch "Snake Zhai Bing Dumplings". However, this situation has changed recently, and fellow associations have gradually become more carefully organized and come into contact with more types of organizations.
Many associations are reforming to provide more regional services.
Huang Jing said that the Hong Kong Heyuan Association has undergone "standardization, systematization and specialization" reforms, and the division of labor has become clearer.
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The Heyuan Association of Societies has been reformed in three years to implement standardization, systematization and specialization
The Hong Kong Heyuan Association of Associations, established in 1999, was an affiliated association of the Guangdong Association of Associations that implemented structural reforms earlier. In 2016, it promoted the "standardization, systemization and specialization" reform, which took two or three years to complete.
In his explanation, Huang Jing, chairman of the Heyuan Association, emphasized that all aspects of the organization have their own functions. "Our organization is divided into two parts, namely the association (Heyuan Association) and the social construction (community, construction and engineering professional development center). , The community mainly serves the villagers, and the social construction mainly serves the region."
As the name suggests, the community, construction and engineering professional development center is a professional service area. Volunteers are all construction-related professionals.
Don't underestimate these projects. With the aging of buildings in Hong Kong, many old districts also need these advices and services, especially emergency repairs. One example is to assist the residents of the Cheung Sha Wan Jianshanli fire in 2017.
The fire history of Jianshanli is in sight to help residents complete electrical repairs in 24 hours
"At that time, the flames burned the wires and the whole building was blackened. The residents asked me to deal with it, so we must do it." Huang Jing recalled that the scene at that time is still vividly remembered. Immediately, people were hired to help you, and the center helped you follow up. As a result, it took 24 hours to complete the electrical repair, and the cost was a bit lower than the market price." Social construction will also assist in building repairs, such as concrete peeling.
30,000 members are distributed in 18 districts to organize and coordinate activities strictly
At present, there are about 3,200 registered volunteers in associations and social constructions, and they have become the main force in contact areas.
However, the needs of citizens in each district are different, and there must be targeted deployment. Societies are divided into 18 district councils.
"A district council constitutes a volunteer structure, with a deputy commander in chief and a regiment leader, as well as multiple deputy regiment leaders. One deputy regiment leader takes care of about 3 to 4 electoral districts. Each small electoral district has at least 1 liaison officer." Huang Jing also pointed out that if there are many members in the district, there will be multiple liaison officers. The constituency with the most people has as many as 800 members, so more than 10 liaison officers are needed.
Under this structure, the society is well aware of the number of members in each small constituency, and this is "standardization."
It can be seen from the volunteer divisions that the organization of community organizations is much stricter than outsiders imagine.
In 2016, the Heyuan Association of Associations implemented "standardization, systematization and specialization." Huang Jing pointed out that before the implementation of the reform, the situation was very chaotic and there was no divisional work. The same person can "walk around among more than 10 organizations from the same township." "After the reform, it is required to be active in selected associations from the same township.
After removing overlapping people, there are about 30,000 associations and fellow villagers, distributed in 18 districts in Hong Kong. Therefore, strict organization is required to coordinate activities.
The organization of activities is as simple as going on a trip. You can see the organization ability of the community in the same town. "There is a preparatory committee for the trip, and the members of the preparatory committee will drive a car group (communication group), one car and one group. "But unfortunately, there was Typhoon No. 8 on the travel day. In order not to waste this organization, we changed to a prize-winning game in the group.
The content of the game is related to the understanding of the community. The question for this event is who is in charge of the district and which legislative council or district council constituency belongs to.
Establish a systematic communication channel to help the community to transmit information and absorb opinions
With a standardized structure, the club can establish an internal communication system from the management committee to the members, allowing the management to convey messages to the members and at the same time understand what the members want.
After the system is established, regional organizations and upper-level community organizations can interact smoothly. For example, if Sha Tin needs to carry out vaccine promotion activities, the community will assist in the implementation. The community system will be used to contact all members in the region to assist in registration and matching. District officers do not need to find people and divide labor Clearly improve efficiency.
To manage such a large organization, it is natural to have a strict governance structure.
The Management Committee of the Heyuan Societies General Association has 12 members and manages 10 committees to conduct daily operations such as member recruitment and regional affairs. There are also district associations, "everyone brings more than one person, and there are rules."
Huang Jing said that there are about 50 senior managers in the association and about 500 middle-level directors.
The Heyuan Association is the first reformed affiliated association of the Guangdong Association of Associations. Huang Jing pointed out that other local associations have also referred to their practices to establish a standardized structure.
In the past, mainly sponsored products, more and more activities were organized in the district
In 2019, the Heyuan Association of Associations will further establish the "three communities". In addition to associations and social construction, it has also established a social enterprise to provide services for associations and social construction in an enterprise manner.
People in the past distributed small gifts and provided catering to the neighbourhoods in the district. They were referred to as "Snake Zhai Bingzhu". The community rarely participated, and mostly provided sponsorship items. For example, the Heyuan Society sponsored the famous rice noodles, dried sweet potatoes, and yuba. .
But now they will participate in organizing activities, such as holding regional vaccination days, and hometown fairs, etc., through activities to contact members.
Huang Jing emphasized that to become a member of the Election Committee, one needs to surrender actual results and participate in multiple rounds of elimination.
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I don’t think that the selection committee is hand-picked, and the competition is fierce after multiple rounds of selection.
After the election restructuring, the Heyuan community had 7 votes in the election committee, and some high-level officials, such as Huang Jing, also joined the election committee in different sectors.
Some people say that the club enters the Election Committee. But in Huang Jing's eyes, this is not the case.
Huang Jing pointed out that in order for the management of the club to hand over the results in each internal election, it can rise step by step. It needs to be promoted from a member to the management committee. Even if there is a promotion in each session, it will take 15 to 20. Time of year.
"You have to be down-to-earth to a certain point and let people see it first. After seeing you, you have to compare and win with others. After all, there are only so many positions." Huang Jing said, "There are 60 in the community, and I don’t even think about it. In the community, I can argue for a position. I can imagine how fierce the competition is." Huang Jing belongs to the fifth sector of the national group representative. There are more than 300 members in the overseas sorority associations, and thousands of people are interested. Participated in the first round of screening, and after more than 300 people were obtained, 38 representatives were screened again. Therefore, it is only after two to three rounds of screening to serve as the selection committee.
Huang Jing said that as an election committee, you must perform your duties and choose talents. In addition to loving Hong Kong, you must actually do things instead of "speaking the vernacular." There are too many "regulations" and, in a political tone, we must do "real work."
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