Labour and Welfare Bureau Honors 215 Employers for Supporting Inclusive Employment of Persons with Disabilities

2025-10-10 19:25 Last Updated At：19:38

"Caring Employer" Medal Presentation Ceremony 2025 held today

The Labour and Welfare Bureau (LWB) held the "Caring Employer" Medal Presentation Ceremony 2025 today (October 10) at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium, Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon Cultural District, to commend employers who actively engage persons with disabilities (PWDs), thereby fostering an inclusive workplace and promoting the employment of PWDs.

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"Caring Employer" Medal Presentation Ceremony 2025 held today Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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"Caring Employer" Medal Presentation Ceremony 2025 held today Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun, delivered a video speech, congratulating the 215 awardees of the "Caring Employer" Medal (the Medal) and the "Caring Employer" Medal Design Competition (the Competition), and appealing for joint efforts to support the employment of PWDs.

The Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Ho Kai-ming, and Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Mr Philip Lo served as the officiating guests and presented the Medals. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Ho thanked the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust and relevant assessment panels for their support in taking forward this initiative. He appealed for greater focus across the community on the abilities of PWDs, and called on enterprises to provide more employment opportunities for PWDs to develop their potential.

Mr Lo expressed sincere appreciation and congratulations to the awardees for their contributions to inclusive employment, as well as for their role in fostering cross-sector collaboration. He said that the Hong Kong Jockey Club would continue to connect with more employers through the Jockey Club Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment, thereby promoting training and job matching, assisting PWDs in integrating into the workplace, and encouraging inclusiveness as a core corporate value.

About 400 guests, individual awardees, and representatives of commercial and social welfare organisations attended the presentation ceremony. During the ceremony, in addition to award presentations and inclusive performances, representatives of some awardees were invited to share their experiences in fostering workplace disability inclusion.

To recognise employers who actively engage and support PWDs and foster an inclusive workplace, the LWB launched in early 2025 the Diverse Abilities．Inclusive Workplace Recognition Scheme on the basis of the existing Talent-Wise Employment Charter, and collaborated with the Jockey Club Collaborative Project for Inclusive Employment funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to jointly take forward the Medal. Following the assessments, a total of 185 organisations were awarded the Medal - Level 1: Disability Inclusive Supporter, Level 2: Disability Inclusive Employer, and Level 3: Disability Inclusive Pioneer, as well as the Thematic Awards: Inclusive Buddy Award, Inclusive Collaboration Award, and Inclusive Innovation Award.

The Competition received some 680 entries. Following the assessments, a total of 30 outstanding entries across five categories (Tertiary Institute and Open Group, Persons with Disabilities Group, Special School Group, Secondary School Group, and Primary School Group) were awarded prizes. The champion design of the Tertiary Institute and Open Group was selected as the emblem of the Medal.

Please refer to the attachments or the LWB's website (www.lwb.gov.hk/en/highlights/charter_scheme/s4.html) for the lists of awardees.

Passenger Sentenced for Importing $62,000 in Duty-Not-Paid Cigarettes at Hong Kong Airport

Incoming passenger convicted and jailed for importing duty-not-paid cigarettes

An incoming male passenger was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and fined $2,000 by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts today (December 8) for importing duty-not-paid cigarettes and failing to declare them to Customs officers, in contravention of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance (DCO).

Customs officers intercepted a 31-year-old incoming male passenger at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday (December 7). About 13 900 duty-not-paid cigarettes, with an estimated market value of about $62,000 and a duty potential of about $46,000, were seized from his personal baggage. The passenger was subsequently arrested.

Customs welcomes the sentence. The custodial sentence has imposed a considerable deterrent effect and reflects the seriousness of the offences. Customs reminds members of the public that under the DCO, cigarettes are dutiable goods to which the DCO applies. Any person who imports, deals with, possesses, sells or buys illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $2 million and imprisonment for seven years.

Members of the public may report any suspected illicit cigarette activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Labour and Welfare Bureau Honors 215 Employers for Supporting Inclusive Employment of Persons with Disabilities

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