New Provisions of Facilities and Initiatives

Highlights of the Year 2022-23

New Provisions of Facilities and Initiatives

Increasing Rehabilitation Service Places
In 2022-23, 771 additional rehabilitation service places, including 309 places for pre-school rehabilitation services, 182 places for day rehabilitation services and 280 places for residential rehabilitation services were provided. Additionally, the 3 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the Siu Lam Integrated Rehabilitation Services Complex have started fitting-out works for the related service units and plan to commence services progressively by end of 2023.

On-site Pre-School Rehabilitation Services
The number of service places further increased to over 10 000. As at September 2022, there were 21 NGOs providing rehabilitation training for children with special needs studying in about 890 kindergartens (KGs)/kindergarten-cum-child care centres (KG-cum-CCCs), accounting for about 90% of the total number of KGs/KG-cum-CCCs in Hong Kong.

Enhancing Community Support Services for Persons with Disabilities and Their Carers
In 2022-23, the number of District Support Centres for Persons with Disabilities has increased to 21.

Pilot Project on Tier 1 Support Services in Kindergartens/ Kindergartens-Cum-Child Care Centres
SWD launched the Pilot Project on Tier-1 Support Services in Kindergartens/ Kindergarten-cum-Child Care Centres (the Pilot Project) in the 2020/21 school year through Project Teams operated by 6 NGOs to provide early intervention services for children awaiting assessment by Child Assessment Centres (CACs), or assessed by CACs to have borderline developmental problems in about 80 KGs/KG-cum-CCCs participating in OPRS. Moreover, SWD explored the feasibility of integrating the Pilot Project with OPRS to provide more comprehensive, flexible and ongoing support to cater for the training needs of pre-school children with different levels of special needs.