In recent years, Hong Kong has experienced unfortunate incidents resulting from long-term care, which have highlighted the inadequacy of the late-stage care system. With the rapidly increasing elderly population and numerous critically ill patients, achieving good end-of-life care is not an easy task. To ensure that the goal of "good life, good death" is achieved, it is essential to utilize community resources and energy to provide volunteer services and support for those in need. When promoting government policies, we must take into account the importance of providing better care and support for the elderly and critically ill patients. In this month's Policy Bulletin, we have listed several articles that address the policy and service issues that Hong Kong residents should consider to achieve a "good death." These issues include default medical instructions, legislation related to patients passing away at home, community care support, medical and professional manpower training, flexible and rapid intervention support services, and life education. You may now download a full copy of the Policy Bulletin Issue 33 here. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Becky Fung, Officer of Policy Research and Advocacy at [email protected] or 2876 2435. To get a hard copy, please contact Ms. Kitty Leung, Programme Executive of Policy ...

統計處的人口數據顯示，於2019年底至2022年中期間，香港的人口減少了22萬9千人。此現象對香港來說既熟悉又陌生，不少人開始感到焦慮，這一期社聯政策報就以「移．惑：重構移民想像」為題，探討如何把移民者帶走的勞動力、知識等填補，以及移民者與留港者的各種資源該如何繼續連結，使其在移民現象中轉化為新的力量。 從數據看遷出香港人群的面貌 移民「潮」對香港社會整體的影響 新移民潮掀起 - 社福機構與社工專業面對的挑戰與出路 移民潮下，遙距的親子關係如何轉化？ 如有任何查詢，可致電2876 2488或電郵至  [email protected] ，與政策研究及倡議主任黃莉雅小姐聯絡。如需索取本報，可致電2864 2977或電郵至 [email protected] 。 ...

The Food and Health Bureau will release the “blueprint for the sustainable development of primary healthcare services for Hong Kong” in the current-term government, to set a long-term development plan for primary healthcare services in Hong Kong with a view to enhancing public health and quality of life. In order to increase the attention of the social welfare sector and the public to Primary Healthcare and enrich the discussion, this issue of Policy Bulletin ‘Primary Healthcare Policy’ discusses the positioning of the social welfare sector in primary healthcare. Articles also elaborate on medical-social-collaboration, the development of e-health information platform, and the governance structure for primary healthcare. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Natalie Yau, Officer, Policy Research and Advocacy at [email protected] or 2864 2967. To get a hard copy, please call at 2864 2977 or email at [email protected].   ...

Affected by the pandemic, unemployment has become a serious social problem in Hong Kong. This issue of Policy Bulletin ‘Unemployment Protection’ aims to examine the profile of the unemployed in Hong Kong, assess the coverage of the existing unemployment protection system, and explore some overseas experiences, hoping to offer more inspiration for the development of unemployment protection system in Hong Kong. For enquiries, please contact Ms Edith Yim, Officer, Policy Research and Advocacy at [email protected] or 2864 2906. To get a hard copy, please call at 2864 2977 or email at [email protected].   ...

Last year, the Chief Executive put forward ‘the package of 10 new livelihood initiatives to substantially enhance the support for grassroots and underprivileged people’, one of which was the feasibility study on ‘Tenancy Control of Subdivided Units’. The study will be completed in March this year and the result submitted to the government for policy consideration. This issue of Policy Bulletin ‘Tenancy Control of Subdivided Units' aims to identify and analyze the policy parameters of the topic, to provide local data and overseas policy case studies, to explore the situation of small owners of private residential units in old urban districts, and to make policy recommendations. For enquiries, please contact Ms. Natalie Yau, Officer, Policy Research and Advocacy at [email protected] or 2864 2967. To get a hard copy, please call at 2864 2977 or email at [email protected] ...