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After the 1967 riots, the colonial government introduced the City District Officer Scheme (民政主任) "as the first sign of reaching out to the ordinary people" in Hong Kong society. [2] It was renamed the Home Affairs Department in 1971 because, according to the government, the department dealt not only with matters relating to the Chinese.
The SWD hotline has been operating on a 24-hour basis since October 2018, and in 2020-2021, the social workers of SWD (to listen to phone calls during normal office hours) had handled 49,123 calls with 6,758 of them requiring counselling service, while the social workers of HOST (to listen to phone calls outside normal office hours) had handled ...
Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement; Hong Kong–Taiwan relations. Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office; Hong Kong–Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council
The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (Chinese: 民政及青年事務局) is a policy bureau of the Hong Kong Government. The bureau has general responsibility over local administration, with a remit covering youth affairs, family planning, women's affairs, social development, fire safety, and matters related to the district councils .
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref 1: Samuel Turner Fearon: 1845: 1845: Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848) 2: Andrew Lysaght Inglis: 16 July 1845: 1849: Sir George Bonham (1848–1854)
The Transport and Housing Bureau (THB) was a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong between 2007 and 2022, responsible for a range of policies such as the internal and external transportation, including air transport, land transport, maritime transport, logistics and housing development in Hong Kong. [1]
Lacking government subsidized residential facilities for the elderly, numerous private residential facilities were established during the mid-1980s, but the quality of these private facilities was often unsatisfactory. [3] In 1994, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong passed the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Ordinance.
LeaveHomeSafe (Chinese: 安心出行) was a digital contact tracing app launched by the Hong Kong Government on 16 November 2020 to conduct contact tracing in Hong Kong. It was used as a companion of the Hong Kong Health Code system for registered users. [1] [2] [3] The application could be downloaded for free, allowing users to record their ...