Hong Kong children’s charity rocked by abuse scandal to build on reforms and add new floor to help families at headquarters
- Society for the Protection of Children says extra floor to be added to its headquarters will be dedicated to care and training for children and counselling for parents
- Executive committee chairman says move part of string of changes at charity since abuse allegations arose in 2021
Vincent Lee Wing-sing, the new executive committee chairman of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, said the organisation would add an extra floor to its Mong Kok headquarters to be used as an inclusive area to serve children and their parents.
He said some families in the district struggled with poor living conditions and the services to be provided on the new floor could offer them a break.
“These are some very substantial improvements … the key is to ensure these measures can be sustained,” Lee added.
“We hope that we can really improve our brand and services so that our service users, donors and the government can restore their confidence in us.”
He added it would be about three to four years before the new floor would be ready and available to families.
