Social Welfare Department

Social Welfare Department
社會福利署
Agency overview
Formed1 January 1958
Preceding agency
  • Social Welfare Office
HeadquartersWu Chung House
No. 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
Employees5,459 (2014)
Annual budgetHK$58,349.2 million (2015-16 estimate)
Agency executive
  • Gordon Leung, Director of Social Welfare
Websiteswd.gov.hk
Social Welfare Department
Traditional Chinese社會福利署
Simplified Chinese社会福利署
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShèhuì Fúlì Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingse5 wui6*2 fuk1 lei6 cyu5

The Social Welfare Department (Chinese: 社會福利署) is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for providing welfare services to the community.

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