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Adoption Service
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  Service Description
The Adoption Unit finds suitable and permanent homes for children who have lost their parents through death or desertion and for illegitimate children whose parents are unable to maintain them. For children with special needs, suitable local adoptive homes are difficult to find; and some of them were adopted by overseas families. The Adoption Unit also assists in adoption through private arrangement, mostly by step-parents or relatives.
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Application Procedures on Adoption
Information on people who are likely to be successful in adoption application and the application process is available in the leaflet 'Considering Adoption'. Interested persons can approach the Adoption Unit for further information and services.
| Address : |
4/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, HK |
| Tel. No.: |
2852 3107 |
| Fax No.: |
2851 9189
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Fees and Charges
Assessment on the suitability of adoption applicants is provided by the Adoption Unit free of charge. A fee of $2,840 is charged to the successful applicants for acting as guardian ad litem for the prospective adoptive child in adoption proceedings.
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Key Statistics
As at end of December 2007, the key statistics on adoption service are as follow:
Number of adoption applications being handled
| Adoption by local homes |
115 |
| Adoption by overseas families |
43 |
| Privately arranged adoption by relatives, etc. |
26 |
Children available for adoption as at 31 December 2007:
| Characteristics of Children |
Number |
| Normal and healthy |
1 |
| Of relatively complicated family background (e.g. abandoned children, birth parent was drug dependent, etc.) |
9 |
| Children aged 3 or above |
16 |
| With health issues |
11 |
| Disabled |
35 |
| Total |
72 | | |
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