| Health (+2.8%) | |
| - | 460 additional hospital beds |
| - | A new skin clinic in Cheung Sha Wan |
| - | Implementation of the
Computerised Laboratory Information System (first phase) in the Department of Health
|
| Social Welfare (+9.2%) | |
| - | For the elderly, an additional 2 510 residential places, including subvented and bought places, 10 social centres, 5 day care centres, 3 multi-service centres, 3 dedicated support teams and 2 home help teams to deliver domiciliary care services |
| - | For people with a disability, an additional 660 residential places and 680 day places |
| - | For children, an additional 706 day nursery places and 6 small group homes |
| - | An additional 60 pre-school places for children with a disability |
| - | An additional 20 social workers to strengthen family education and provide support to parents in guiding their children to help foster a closer parent-child relationship |
| - | 4 additional medical social workers to provide services at new medical facilities |
| - | Providing 1 school social worker in each secondary school by phases |
| - | An additional 7 child protection workers |
| - | 4 additional clinical
psychologists to strengthen services for those in need
|
| Education (+4.2%) | |
| - | Commissioning 6 additional secondary schools and operating 44 more primary schools on whole-day basis |
| - | 168 additional English teaching posts to enhance the teaching of English in secondary schools adopting Chinese as the medium of instruction |
| - | 20 additional native-speaking English teachers in secondary schools |
| - | 132 additional teaching posts in primary schools to enhance library services and implement Reading Schemes |
| - | Upgrading a further 1 640 teaching posts in primary schools to graduate status |
| - | Further enhancing information technology in education by strengthening teacher training, engaging contract technical services and providing over 100 additional IT Co-ordinators |
| - | Supplementary grant to schools to support school-based management |
| - | 8 more schools joining the Direct
Subsidy Scheme
|
| Security (+3.8%) | |
| - | 54 additional police officers to strengthen operational front-line capabilities in new towns and new infrastructure |
| - | 10 additional staff in Fire Services Department for new fire stations |
| - | 6 additional staff in ICAC for the management of the Commission Against Corruption Information System |
| - | 27 additional staff in Immigration Department to process applications for Certificate of Entitlement (C of E) and to handle related judicial review cases |
| - | 8 additional staff in Government Laboratory to carry out genetic tests for verifying the parentage of C of E applicants born out of wedlock |
| - | 10 additional staff in Immigration Department for processing visa applications under the Admission of Talents Scheme |
| - | 4 additional staff in Customs and Excise Department to strengthen transport support at Lok Ma Chau Control Point |
