Social security service units will be open to the public from 15 September 2020 (Tuesday)
Social Security Field Units (SSFUs) [including Social Security Field Unit (Guangdong Scheme and Fujian Scheme)] and other social security service units will be open to the public from 15 September 2020 (Tuesday).
For enquiry, please contact staff of the respective social security service unit during office hours.
Withdrawal of social security payment outside Hong Kong by recipients/appointees of Portable Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme, Guangdong Scheme and Fujian Scheme
Applicants/recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance and Social Security Allowance need not rush back to Hong Kong
In view of the latest situation of novel coronavirus outbreak, the Director of Social Welfare will give consideration to disregard absences from Hong Kong of applicants/recipients of the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme and the Social Security Allowance Scheme (including Old Age Allowance, Old Age Living Allowance and Disability Allowance) who fail to satisfy the residence requirement or the permissible limit of absence from Hong Kong owing to the epidemic. The SWD appealed to them that there is no need to rush back to Hong Kong.
In the light of the epidemic development, applicants for the Guangdong Scheme and Fujian Scheme can submit their applications by post, instead of doing so in person in Hong Kong.
For enquiry, please contact staff of the Social Security Field Units (SSFUs) during office hours.
The overall objective of social security in Hong Kong is to provide for the basic and special needs of the members of the community who are in need of financial or material assistance.
A comprehensive network of welfare services to cater for family needs through the provision of a continuum of preventive, supportive and remedial services.
Medical social workers (MSWs) are stationed in public hospitals and specialist out-patient clinics who play an important role in linking up the medical and social services to facilitate patients' recovery and rehabilitation in the community.
Aims to acknowledge the equal rights of people with disabilities to be full members of the community by assisting them in developing their physical, mental and social capabilities to the fullest possible extent and by promoting their integration into the community.
To enable elderly people to live in dignity and to provide necessary support to them to promote their sense of belonging, sense of security and sense of worthiness.
Effective rehabilitation services for offenders require the incorporation of specially designed treatment programmes to guide offenders onto the right track, prevent them from committing crime again, and assist them to start afresh so that they can become not only lawful citizens but also contributing members of society.