The "Tongleju" under the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children broke the child abuse scandal. The Independent Review Committee made a number of recommendations in the interim report. The director of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, Cui Huiying, resigned and the director of the Society for the Protection of Children, Cai Su Shuxian.
Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, issued a late-night release, pointing out that the Child Protection Association has serious deficiencies in operation, supervision, training and other aspects. He pointed out that it violated the requirements of the Social Welfare Department and violated public expectations. Consider whether it is appropriate to receive funding in the future.
The SWD also stated that it will require all child care service units to install closed-circuit television systems to enhance surveillance.
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Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, pointed out that the SWD will require the Child Protection Committee to fully implement the recommendations as soon as possible, and will closely monitor the effectiveness of the implementation of the recommendations, and will continue to pay attention to the results and recommendations of other service reviews, so as to consider whether the committee is suitable for providing services in the future. Services subsidized by SWD.
Promoting mandatory reporting of child abusers, a bill is expected to be submitted in the first half of next year
In the course of handling the incident, the Government noted that there is room for improvement in the SWD's oversight mechanism.
Based on risk, the Department will strengthen the depth and breadth of inspections and monitoring to ensure that child care service providers earnestly comply with the SWD's service quality standards and statutory requirements, and have effective internal control and supervision systems.
Law also pointed out that the Working Group on Child Protection under the Children's Commission will be invited to supervise the review of child welfare services, including residential care and related services for children. The goal is to complete the review in March next year.
The Government will push forward the legislative work on the mandatory reporting mechanism for child abuse cases, including appropriate training for professional workers who are responsible for mandatory reporting. The goal is to introduce a bill to the Legislative Council in the first half of next year.
The Labour and Welfare Bureau will also attend a special meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Welfare Services to report on the incident and brainstorm ideas to improve child welfare services.
Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare, pointed out that the SWD will require the protection of children to fully implement the recommendations as soon as possible, and will closely monitor the effectiveness of the implementation of the recommendations.
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SWD requires all child care services to install CCTV
A spokesman for the Social Welfare Department reiterated that the incident was completely unacceptable. After a preliminary review of the investigation report, the report concluded that the direction of governance reform and service improvement recommendations proposed in the report are acceptable, provided that the Society for the Protection of Children must establish an effective internal governance and monitoring system as soon as possible. , to ensure that the improvement suggestions are effectively implemented.
The SWD continued to point out that the independent review report of the Society for the Protection of Children revealed that the child care center involved had serious deficiencies in its daily operation, supervision, training and other aspects, which was generally consistent with the SWD's observations.
The SWD will also require all child care service units to install CCTV systems to enhance surveillance.
If individual service units need financial support, SWD will provide assistance.
