Labour and Welfare Bureau

The Labour and Welfare Bureau (Chinese: 勞工及福利局) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for employment, labor-development, manpower, human resources management, poverty-reduction, and social welfare in Hong Kong.^[1]

Labour and Welfare Bureau

勞工及福利局
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Agency overview
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 bureau is managed by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare.

Subordinate departments

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

• Labour Department [zh]
• Social Welfare Department

History

In September 2022, the Bureau asked that more than 100 schools and institutions under the Continuing Education Fund (CEF) must safeguard national security.^[4]

See also

• Hong Kong Disciplined Services