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Following is a question by Hon Christopher Chung and a written reply by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, in the Legislative Council today (November 25):
Question :
At present, quite a number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Hong Kong provide various types of social welfare services by applying for grants from the Government or various funds or schemes administered by it. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(1) of the following detailed information of each NGO (set out in a table): (i) name, (ii) the amount of grants received in the current financial year to date and their uses, the source of such grants (e.g. from the Government, a fund or a scheme), and (iii) the year in which the NGO received grant for the first time; and
(2) of the current number of funds/schemes from which NGOs may apply for grants; regarding each of such funds/schemes, of its name, the number of grant applications received and the amount of grants allocated in the current financial year to date, as well as its current balance (set out in a table)?
Reply :
President,
My reply to Hon Christopher Chung's question is as follows:
(1) The Social Welfare Department (SWD) has not kept information on the allocations or grants which individual non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have received through different channels for providing social welfare services.
(2) The funds/schemes under the Labour and Welfare Bureau and SWD from which NGOs can apply for allocations for providing social welfare services and the information on approval of applications for this financial year are set out at Annex.
Ends/Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Issued at HKT 15:06
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