Industrial Buildings Could House Social Services

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2018-03-04 HKT 11:47

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• Industrial buildings could house social services

The Labour and Welfare Secretary, Law Chi-kwong, says the government will consider housing some social services in revitalised industrial buildings. He said the administration will study the possibility of renting, or even buying, some units to ease the shortage of premises for different kinds of social services.

He said they could be used as offices, but not for living in.

"Definitely you can't place a residential service in industrial buildings," he said. "But there are other service types that we can use."

Law said the government was looking for opportunities but there was no time-frame.