Social Media Ideas for Social Welfare Department (Swd)

Hong Kong Seniors to Receive Cash Assistance via Cross-Border Remittance

Hong Kong’s Social Welfare Department (SWD) has launched a free cross-border remittance service for elderly recipients of portable cash assistance. Proposed in the 2025 Policy Addr...

New HK$45,000 welfare jobs incentive expected to benefit single parents most

Hong Kong’s new cash incentives of up to HK$45,000 (US$5,740) to encourage welfare recipients to take up jobs are expected to benefit many single-parent families, lawmakers have sa...

Dementia patients, carers of severely disabled may be flagged for priority outreach

Hong Kong will consider expanding priority community care to include dementia patients and residents aged over 60 who care for people with severe disabilities in a bid to better id...

Hong Kong offers HK$45,000 to welfare recipients who secure steady jobs

Hong Kong residents on government welfare can receive cash incentives of up to HK$45,000 (US$5,740) over three years if they secure stable employment and transition to a scheme tha...

Welfare program aimed at supporting older people

How does the government handle welfare of minors involved in crimes?

The DSWD is primarily responsible for facilitating interventions that restore and rehabilitate children in conflict with the law

Poverty line is limited marker, Hong Kong minister says, as aid focus expands to carers

Hong Kong’s welfare minister has defended a government decision to drop the poverty line as an indicator for allocating assistance, saying it was a limited “statistical concept” th...

Welfare Dept records eightfold rise in autism PwD registrations since 2015

MELAKA, May 24 — The number of registered persons with disabilities (PwDs) with autism under the Social Welfare De...

After another tragedy, Hong Kong to review age threshold covering elderly needy

Authorities will review the age threshold defining older residents in need to better identify priority cases and prevent more tragedies from happening, the welfare chief has vowed...

Time to establish workplace support for Hong Kong’s high-risk carers

Nearly a year has passed since Hong Kong launched the first phase of its carer support data platform last July, linking the Social Welfare Department, Hospital Authority and the Ho...

Hong Kong court places baby Danny in Social Welfare Department care for 3 years

A Hong Kong court has granted the guardianship of home-born baby Danny to social welfare authorities for three years after his parents were arrested on suspicion of child neglect....

Public welfare remains govt’s foremost priority: Sakeena Itoo

Presides mega public outreach programme at Srinagar Calls for responsive, timely redressal of public grievances SRINAGAR: Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare...

Baby Danny’s 3-year care order can be cut short if in his best interests: minister

Hong Kong’s welfare minister has said a three-year care order granted for home-born baby Danny could be shortened, but only based on professional assessments and the boy’s best int...

Manila provides aid to families displaced by Tondo fire

MANILA, Philippines — The Manila city government, through the Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW), distributed relief assistance to residents affected by the July 14 fire in...

New shelter for Filipino helpers in Hong Kong awaits government green light

A new shelter for distressed Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong is ready but awaiting official approval to open, with the Philippines’ labour minister describing the Tai Po vil...

Sweden outlines child care policy amid registration row over infant in Hong Kong

Swedish authorities who have taken over the care of the daughter of a Hong Kong couple with a troubled parenting history have said that whether a child faces risks at home is one o...

Government deepens social protection outreach in Krowor Municipality

Government has held a Community Dialogue on Social Protection in the Krowor Municipality as part of efforts to bring social intervention services closer to residents. The programme...

Anxiety, depression plague up to 66% of Hong Kong subdivided flat tenants: NGO

As many as two-thirds of 158 subdivided housing tenants supported by an NGO in Hong Kong have shown signs of anxiety or depression, highlighting calls for stronger counselling and...

Lai announces welfare increases for six groups

Hong Kong charity calls for foster carers from diverse backgrounds to ease backlog

Hundreds of vulnerable children in Hong Kong are waiting for temporary homes, a local charity has said, urging more households from diverse backgrounds to step forward as demand fo...

NGO offers HK$30,000 to residents of blaze-hit Tai Po blocks who transfer ownership

Hong Kong’s largest non-profit organisation, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, will give HK$30,000 (US$3,827) to each household displaced by the deadly Tai Po fire that agrees to tr...