Policy Address

(H) Social Welfare

Targeted Poverty Alleviation

258. The Government will continue its work on targeted poverty alleviation by directing resources to those most in need. Relevant measures include:

  1. Enrich activities of the Strive and Rise Alumni Club with $10 million funding from the HKJC, providing young people with training and experience that integrate Hong Kong pop culture and traditional Chinese arts; and inject $180 million into the Child Development Fund to continue implementing projects promoting the long-term development of upper primary students from disadvantaged communities, and further enhance different elements of the projects by drawing on the successful experience of the Strive and Rise Programme, with a view to reducing intergenerational poverty.

  2. Set up six additional Community Living Rooms (CLRs). Together with the nine CLRs already launched, they are expected to benefit about 7 000 SDU households, serving over 1.4 million attendances.

  3. Enhance the School-based After School Care Service Scheme by uncapping the number of places to expand support for primary students and parents in need.

  4. Roll out the "Co-build a Caring Society Funding Scheme" to encourage family offices involved in philanthropic endeavours to provide resources implementing projects that benefit the disadvantaged groups.

  5. Provide time-limited cash incentives, on a pilot basis, for households leaving the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) Scheme and eligible for the Working Family Allowance, to promote self-reliance.

  6. Publish the Report on Impact of Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy in Hong Kong in mid-2026.