Labour and Welfare Bureau

Labour and Welfare Bureau
Agency overview
勞工及福利局
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Formed	2007
Headquarters	10 & 11//F, West Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Ministers responsible	Chris Sun, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Ho Kai-ming, Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare
Agency executive	Alice Lau, Permanent Secretary for Labour and Welfare
Child agencies	Labour Department Social Welfare Department Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency
Website	http://www.lwb.gov.hk

Traditional Chinese

勞工及福利局

Simplified Chinese

劳工及福利局

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Láogōng jí Fúlì Jú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Lòuh gūng kahp fūk leih gihk
Jyutping	Lou4 gung1 kap6 fuk1 lei6 guk6

The Labour and Welfare Bureau (Chinese: 勞工及福利局) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for employment, labor-development, manpower, human resources management, poverty-reduction, and social welfare in Hong Kong.^[1]

The bureau is managed by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare.

Subordinate departments

The following public entities are managed by the bureau:^[2]^[3]

Labour Department
Social Welfare Department
Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency

History

In September 2022, the Bureau asked that more than 100 schools and institutions under the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) must safeguard national security.^[4]

References

^ "Welcome-Message by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare". LWB. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ "Labour Department - Vision and Mission". Labour.gov.hk. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ "Social Welfare Department 社會福利署". Swd.gov.hk. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
^ Chan, Irene (21 September 2023). "Over 100 Hong Kong gov't-subsidised further education providers asked to safeguard national security". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

External links

Official website

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Subordinate departments

History

See also

References

External links