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Health (+2.8%)
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460 additional hospital beds
- A new skin clinic in Cheung Sha Wan
- Implementation of the Computerised Laboratory Information System (first phase) in the
Department of Health
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Social Welfare (+9.2%)
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For the elderly, an additional 2 510 residential places, including
subvented and bought places, 10 social centres, 5 day care centres, 3 multi-service
centres, 3 dedicated support teams and 2 home help teams to deliver domiciliary care
services
- For people with a disability, an additional 660 residential places and 680 day places
- For children, an additional 706 day nursery places and 6 small group homes
- An additional 60 pre-school places for children with a disability
- An additional 20 social workers to strengthen family education and provide support to
parents in guiding their children to help foster a closer parent-child relationship
- 4 additional medical social workers to provide services at new medical facilities
- Providing 1 school social worker in each secondary school by phases
- An additional 7 child protection workers
- 4 additional clinical psychologists to strengthen services for those in need
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| Education (+4.2%) |
Commissioning 6 additional secondary schools and operating 44 more
primary schools on whole-day basis
- 168 additional English teaching posts to enhance the teaching of English in secondary
schools adopting Chinese as the medium of instruction
- 20 additional native-speaking English teachers in secondary schools
- 132 additional teaching posts in primary schools to enhance library services and
implement Reading Schemes
- Upgrading a further 1 640 teaching posts in primary schools to graduate status
- Further enhancing information technology in education by strengthening teacher training,
engaging contract technical services and providing over 100 additional IT Co-ordinators
- Supplementary grant to schools to support school-based management
- 8 more schools joining the Direct Subsidy Scheme
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| Security (+3.8%) |
54 additional police officers to strengthen operational front-line
capabilities in new towns and new infrastructure
- 10 additional staff in Fire Services Department for new fire stations
- 6 additional staff in ICAC for the management of the Commission Against Corruption
Information System
- 27 additional staff in Immigration Department to process applications for Certificate of
Entitlement (C of E) and to handle related judicial review cases
- 8 additional staff in Government Laboratory to carry out genetic tests for verifying the
parentage of C of E applicants born out of wedlock
- 10 additional staff in Immigration Department for processing visa applications under the
Admission of Talents Scheme
- 4 additional staff in Customs and Excise Department to strengthen transport support at
Lok Ma Chau Control Point
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