Remarks by SLW on Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance
Following are the remarks by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, on Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance after attending Child Protection - Launching Ceremony of the Guide for Mandated Reporters this afternoon (July 24):
Reporter: How will this Ordinance change the way child abuse cases are handled in Hong Kong? What is included in the new guide and how will it help professionals on the ground? Will there be any kind of training or support that mandated reporters will receive to ensure they can identify and report child abuse correctly?
Secretary for Labour and Welfare: The aim of the Guide for Mandated Reporters is to provide a practical guideline to help all the professionals under the law who have the legal obligations to report child abuse cases. Apart from the usual practice of publishing a guideline covering all the requirements and setting out all the scenarios, this time around we have also decided to create an electronic version which the professionals concerned could click onto the website and by answering a series of questions, they will be led to a conclusion under the system telling them whether or not the case concerned is one that he or she has to report under the law, or one that is not required under the law to make a report. The purpose is to help all the professionals to discharge their legal obligations under the law.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the remarks.)
SITI visits Guangxi
The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, visited Nanning in Guangxi today (January 14).
This morning, Professor Sun called on the Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional People's Congress, Mr Chen Gang, and learned that Guangxi is accelerating the high-quality development of artificial intelligence and building an industrial co-operation highland for the AI industry facing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). They also had exchanges and in-depth discussions on further strengthening the co-operation and synergistic development between Hong Kong and Guangxi in various areas including AI, innovation and technology (I&T) parks, data infrastructure, data governance, and nurturing talent. Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee and Vice Chairman of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region Ms Lu Xinning also attended the meeting.
Professor Sun said Hong Kong will fully leverage its distinctive advantage of having strong support from the motherland and a close connection with the world. Through complementary co-operation and synergistic development, Hong Kong and Guangxi will explore co-operation between the two places and with ASEAN countries in industries such as AI and the digital economy.
Professor Sun then met with Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee and the Secretary of the CPC Nanning Municipal Committee, Mr Xu Yongguo, to exchange views on I&T co-operation between Hong Kong and Nanning.
Professor Sun visited the Display Center of the China-ASEAN Countries Artificial Intelligence Application Cooperation Center and toured its display hall. The Center is an AI co-operation platform, jointly established by the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and ASEAN countries, which aims to promote regional co-operation in AI technologies and the digital transformation of industries. The center is also an industrial highland facing ASEAN.
He was briefed on the Center's construction and operation, as well as its co-operation with ASEAN countries. He also observed the AI+ industries and application scenarios, including industrialisation and social governance, and exchanged views on the co-operation model of research and development, integration in Guangxi, and applications in ASEAN.
Professor Sun also visited the exhibition centre of the China-ASEAN Information Harbor and the Beibu Gulf Big Data Exchange Center and studied the collaboration in AI between Guangxi and ASEAN countries, as well as the development and transaction of data products. He also learned about the cross-boundary data flow channels and industrial Internet platforms, the construction of the Digital Silk Road, and co-operation with the ASEAN market.
Professor Sun then visited the China-ASEAN Geographic Information Town to study the industrial applications of technologies, such as satellite navigation and geographic information, in the fields of smart city, cross-boundary logistics, and so on.
Meanwhile, Professor Sun visited the China-ASEAN Mercantile Exchange (China-Singapore Nanning International Logistics Park) to learn about the operation of the large-scale cross-boundary integrated logistics park and one-stop trade platform that integrates functions including production, warehousing, logistics, exhibition, commerce and finance. He also studied the international co-operation between ASEAN countries and Guangxi through the Western New Land-Sea Corridor.
Upon his arrival in Nanning, Guangxi yesterday, Professor Sun immediately met with Deputy Secretary-General of the People's Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Party Secretary and Director of the Guangxi Big Data Development Bureau Mr Zhao Zhigang, to have an in-depth exchange on issues including the promotion of data sharing, smart city development, and co-operation in digital industry.
The Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Dr Rocky Cheng, also joined the visit.
Professor Sun will continue his visit tomorrow. He will visit a digital intelligent operations and maintenance service provider and its intelligent computing centre to learn about the service provider's latest achievements in AI and computing power, digital intelligence technology and products. He will also visit the China Mobile Group Guangxi Company to conduct studies on the planning of its infrastructure in computing power and its AI industry large models.
Professor Sun will conclude his visit before noon and return to Hong Kong.
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SITI visits Guangxi Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
