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South China Morning Post
05-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to launch pilot project to identify at-risk carers in ‘coming weeks'
Hong Kong will roll out the first stage of a pilot scheme in the next few weeks that will use data from more than 10,000 households caring for the elderly or those with disabilities to identify high-risk cases in need of extra support. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han also said on Saturday that the government would not stop bringing in foreign labour despite the catering industry recently recording a 5 per cent unemployment rate. Appearing on a radio programme, the minister said the pilot project for the government's scheme to use big data to identify at-risk families faster would be launched 'in the coming weeks'. The project will be launched in two phases, with the first stage using Hospital Authority data to flag if a carer has been hospitalised. The second stage will involve using Housing Authority data to identify elderly households living in public flats that have yet to sign up for support from the Social Welfare Department. The first stage would also focus on supporting about 10,000 low-income carers who were receiving living allowances under a scheme by the department, Sun said.
South China Morning Post
05-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to launch pilot project to identify at-risk carers in ‘coming weeks'
Hong Kong will roll out the first stage of a pilot scheme in the next few weeks that will use data from more than 10,000 households caring for the elderly or those with disabilities to identify high-risk cases in need of extra support. Advertisement Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han also said on Saturday that the government would not stop bringing in foreign labour despite the catering industry recently recording a 5 per cent unemployment rate. Appearing on a radio programme, the minister said the pilot project for the government's scheme to use big data to identify at-risk families faster would be launched 'in the coming weeks'. The project will be launched in two phases, with the first stage using Hospital Authority data to flag if a carer has been hospitalised. The second stage will involve using Housing Authority data to identify elderly households living in public flats that have yet to sign up for support from the Social Welfare Department. Advertisement The first stage would also focus on supporting about 10,000 low-income carers who were receiving living allowances under a scheme by the department, Sun said.
South China Morning Post
18-06-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to launch database for high-risk elderly carers this year
Hong Kong will launch a database this year to identify high-risk carers looking after the elderly, with the city recording more than 470 suicides among older residents annually, accounting for over 40 per cent of all cases. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Wednesday that the government was in discussions with the personal data privacy authorities to design data-sharing solutions that complied with the city's legal requirements. But he added that the government hoped to launch the new database as soon as possible this year. '[Authorities] and the Privacy Commissioner have roughly resolved how to connect and compare databases in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, but we will launch a pilot scheme first,' Sun told lawmakers at a Legislative Council meeting. 'We hope to launch the pilot scheme as soon as possible this year.' Statistics from the Coroner's Court showed that there were 472 suicides involving people aged 60 and above last year, on a par with the 473 and 477 recorded in 2023 and 2022, respectively. The database will include information on carers looking after older residents and those from low-income households. Photo: Eugene Lee The suicides of those aged 60 and over accounted for 41 per cent of the city's overall cases last year, slightly down from 43 per cent in 2023 and 44 per cent in 2022.
