The Social Workers Registration Bureau re-elected on the 4th of next month, and 15 people fought for 8 seats for elected members.
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Luo Zhiguang, published a blog today (21) stating that many people have misunderstood the "Registration of Social Workers", thinking that the purpose of the "Registration" is to protect the rights and interests of social workers. It is no different, but in fact, the "Regulations" authorizes the society through legislation to give a registration bureau established in accordance with the law to recognize and supervise the social salary calendar, so as to protect the rights of the society and the recipients.
Luo Zhiguang believes that the registry exercises a kind of "public power" derived from the law. The members of the registry who exercise this "public power" are public officials in concept, and the requirements for public officials in the "Hong Kong National Security Law" also It should be applicable to members of the registry, so it may need to amend the regulations to establish that the members of the registry need to make a legal declaration.
The Social Workers Registration Bureau will re-elect the candidate list next month, including former student ideological member Li Wenluo
The Social Workers Registration Board is composed of 15 members, of which 8 are elected members, the other 6 are appointed by the Chief Executive, and the other is a representative of the Social Welfare Department.
The registration office will be re-elected on the 4th of next month. Among them, a team of 7 members mentioned "practicing the value of social work, upholding social justice and adhering to registration autonomy". The more familiar ones in the list include former student ideological member Li Wenluo.
Amend the law to stipulate that people who have committed crimes against national security cannot be social workers
Luo Zhiguang Jin pointed out that the Labour and Welfare Bureau consulted the Legislative Council Committee on Welfare Services on October 11 on the proposal to amend the "Social Workers Registration Ordinance." The seriousness of the crimes, and it is more effective to ensure that persons convicted of these crimes cannot or cannot continue to serve as registered social workers unless all members of the Social Workers Registration Board decide to register them.
The committee generally supports the relevant amendments. The Labour and Welfare Bureau will propose amendments in due course after the establishment of the new Legislative Council.
However, Luo Zhiguang emphasized that the above-mentioned amendments are only the first step, and because the amendments to subsidiary legislation are relatively simple, there are still other parts of the Ordinance that may need to be amended. The most obvious one involves the requirements for public officials in the Hong Kong National Security Law. .
Luo Zhiguang pointed out that the registration bureau and the labor union are no different from misunderstandings
He explained that many people have misunderstood the "Ordinance", believing that the purpose of the "Ordinance" is to protect the rights and interests of social workers, and that the Registrar is no different from a "trade union."
In fact, the "Ordinance" is through legislation, authorized by the society to give a legally established registry to recognize and supervise the social salary calendar, so as to protect the rights of the society and the recipients.
The requirements for public officials in the Hong Kong National Security Law shall be applied to the Registrar
Luo Zhiguang believes that since the registry exercises a kind of "public power" derived from the law, the members of the registry who exercise this "public power" belong to public officials in concept. The requirements should also apply to members of the registry, and the government is studying the swearing of public officials in statutory bodies, including the possible need to amend the law to establish the requirements for members of the registry to make legal swearing.
Luo Zhiguang: Ensuring the maintenance of national security has become a permanent part of work
Luo Zhiguang reiterated that the Policy Bureau has the responsibility to ensure that statutory bodies established under the authority of the law perform their statutory functions in accordance with the law, and will propose further amendments to the law when necessary. The implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law" is already a policy. The constant work of the bureau and related departments.
The Social Work Registration Bureau re-elected Zhong Jianhua next month to support a 7-member team: choose to defend the professional representative of social work, increase the national security threshold, establish a system to promote the reduction of election member Luo Zhiguangyan, and appoint more non-industry labor and welfare bureaus to revise social work regulations that endanger national security crimes are included in the ban as social workers Schedule for consideration at the next legislative session
