SWD notes report completion
The Social Welfare Department today said it noted that the independent review committee commissioned by Po Leung Kuk has completed the first-phase report on reviewing its residential child care service. The department said it also recognised that the report has raised a series of improvement proposals and measures with a view to improving Po Leung Kuk’s relevant service as well as providing a safe and protected environment for children receiving such services. It pointed out that apart from attaching great importance to children’s well-being all along, the Government also understands the sector’s concern on residential child care services’ long-term development and manpower arrangement. A review committee chaired by the Director of Social Welfare has started a comprehensive review on the residential child care and related services, the interface among services and service monitoring since April this year. The first phase of the review, which covered residential child ca