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
Website	http://www.lwb.gov.hk

Labour and Welfare Bureau

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 an executive agency 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[edit]

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

History[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

Official website

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