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	Social Welfare Department
Traditional Chinese	社會福利署
Simplified Chinese	社会福利署
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shèhuì Fúlì Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	se5 wui6*2 fuk1 lei6 cyu5
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Social Welfare Department
	社會福利署
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 1958
Preceding	Social Welfare Office;
Headquarters	; Wu Chung House; No. 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
Employees	5,459 (2014);
Annual budget	HK$58,349.2 million (2015-16 estimate);
Agency executive	Carol Yip, Director of Social Welfare;
Website	swd.gov.hk

The Social Welfare Department (Chinese: 社會福利署) is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for providing welfare services to the community.

Responsibilities

The department provides services to families and children, the elderly, recovering criminal offenders, drug abusers, street sleepers, persons with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the community at large. It administers social security schemes, including the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance, which forms a large portion of its annual expenses. The department operates community and social centres, and also once operated libraries.

History

The Social Welfare Office was renamed Social Welfare Department from 1 January 1958. At the same time, the position of Social Welfare Officer was renamed Director of Social Welfare.^[3]

In 1986 the department was criticised for a heavy-handed approach to a child protection case.

At various times, the department has been headquartered in Lee Gardens, the World Trade Centre (19th and 20th floors), and Wu Chung House in Wan Chai.

References

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^ "2015 - 16 Estimates of Expenditure under Social Welfare Department" (PDF). Social Welfare Department.

^ "Social Welfare Department". South China Morning Post. 28 December 1957. p. 8.

External links

Official website

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[2] "2015 - 16 Estimates of Expenditure under Social Welfare Department" (PDF). Social Welfare Department.

[3] "Social Welfare Department". South China Morning Post. 28 December 1957. p. 8.

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