The local government has tightened arrangements for family members to visit those in the city’s elderly care homes, in the wake of a number of COVID-19 cases that have been newly confirmed in such homes in Hong Kong.
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The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced in a statement on Wednesday that 32 subsidised and 21 private nurseries still have available places.
The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Elsie Ao Ieong U has appointed Hon Wai as president and Tang Yuk Wa as vice president of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS). Their new appointments will take effect this coming Saturday, June 20.
Some of the city’s daycare centres for senior citizens and rehabilitation centres for different groups of users will reopen in phases from next Monday.
The public University of Macau (UM) has established a new entity called Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS).
There were 46 suspected domestic violence cases in 2019, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said in a statement on Thursday.
Online tensions have become more pronounced in recent months, as people have spent more time indoors and online — social media platforms have seen more arguments and conflicts in recent months.
The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said that about 3,200 vulnerable households will receive extra subsidy to tide them over during the current COVID-19 crisis.
Hundreds of people joined a carnival on Saturday to raise awareness of children’s rights, with the goal of building an open, respectful and appropriate growth environment for children in Macau.