Social Welfare Department

Press Releases

Classification by date
	2008
	2007
	2006
	2005
	2004

Classification according to subject
	Clinical Psychological Service
	Family and Child Welfare
	Elderly
	Social Security
	Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services
	Fund -raising activities and Lotteries Fund
	Subventions and Performance Monitoring
	SARS
	Youth, Correctional & Voluntary Services
	Others

31/12/2007	Interim/facilitating measures announced to enhance quality of welfare services
5/12/2007	CSSA caseload decreased in November
29/11/2007	Requirements of disregarded earnings under the CSSA Scheme relaxed next month
28/11/2007	Scrutiny to improve LSG subvention system
7/11/2007	CSSA caseload for October
6/11/2007	$155 million paid to traffic accident victims
26/10/2007	SWD invites applications for IT schemes for people with disabilities
8/10/2007	CSSA caseload for September
25/9/2007	Transcript of remarks by DSW on Lump Sum Grant system
23/9/2007	Appeals against social security benefit decisions for year 2006-2007
12/9/2007	$6.5 million compensation paid out to crime victims
5/9/2007	CSSA caseload for August
8/8/2007	CSSA caseload for July
31/7/2007	Lotteries Fund allocates more than $83 million to welfare programmes
4/7/2007	CSSA caseload for June
21/6/2007	SWD to implement final phase of five-day week in July
6/6/2007	CSSA caseload for May
31/5/2007	SWAC discusses evaluation study on New Dawn Project
30/5/2007	Social welfare recipients granted a one-off additional month of assistance
18/5/2007	Lotteries Fund allocates more than $265 million to welfare programmes
16/5/2007	Direct rent payment for CSSA households to the Housing Authority
9/5/2007	CSSA caseload for April
1/5/2007	Applications for flag days 2008-09
20/4/2007	SWD invites applications for IT schemes for people with disabilities
11/4/2007	CSSA caseload for March
3/4/2007	Applications for Enrolled Nurse Training Programme for the welfare sector invited
26/3/2007	New service model to strengthen support for victims of sexual violence
8/3/2007	Appeals against social security benefit decisions for year 2005-2006
7/3/2007	CSSA caseload for February
14/2/2007	Lotteries Fund allocates more than $67 million to welfare programmes
7/2/2007	CSSA caseload for January
31/1/2007	Cross-sectoral collaboration to combat domestic violence
26/1/2007	Appointments to Advisory Committee on the Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged
19/1/2007	Increase of social security payments
10/1/2007	CSSA caseload for last December


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