Social Welfare Planning

116.         Turning to social welfare, to meet the current and future needs of welfare services, the Government will adopt a multi-pronged approach to identify suitable sites and facilitate provision of necessary manpower resources in a pragmatic and flexible manner.

117.         The departments concerned have been maintaining close communication to identify suitable sites for social welfare facilities. We will also explore the possibility of reserving land or premises in new development projects or redevelopment projects, where appropriate, for welfare facilities. The LWB has been discussing with social welfare organisations on how to make better use of the land owned by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through redevelopment or expansion to provide diversified subvented and self-financing facilities. We will proactively consider using the Lotteries Fund more flexibly and work out ways to provide targeted assistance to land owners during the planning or development process.

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