Social Welfare Department has moved to the five-day week operation in phases with effect from 1 July 2006. Starting 1 July 2007, the Social Security Field Units will migrate to five-day week with the new opening hours:8:45 am - 6:00 pm from Monday to Friday, lunch break 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm <NEW>

Please click the following hyperlinks for more information of opening hours of some service units of the Social Welfare Department:

Service units with revised opening hours after 1 July 2006 or 1 January 2007

Service units with no change in their opening hours

For enquiries, please contact -
(a)   Social Welfare Departmental Hotline (tel: 2343 2255 or email:
       swdenq@swd.gov.hk ); or 
(b)   1823 Citizen's Easy Link (tel: 1823, fax: 2760 1823,
       email: tellme@1823.gov.hk ,
       or on-line form: http://www.1823.gov.hk/english/enquiry.htm ). 

Please visit the central website on 'five-day week in the Government' at http://www.gov.hk/info/5day/ for more information.