The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, will lead a delegation of the Labour and Welfare Bureau tomorrow morning (August 30) to visit three cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, namely Guangzhou, Zhaoqing and Foshan, together with a delegation of the Legislative Council Panel on Welfare Services.

     The delegations will call on the Department of Civil Affairs of Guangdong Province and visit residential care homes for the elderly. The delegations will also tour community care service units for the elderly and meet with retired Hong Kong people on the Mainland.

     Mr Sun will return to Hong Kong on the evening of September 1. In his absence, the Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Ho Kai-ming, will be the Acting Secretary for Labour and Welfare.

Ends/Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Issued at HKT 11:00

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