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2025

On 23 June 2025, Legal Aid Counsel / Application & Processing, Ms Phyllissa Chan, visited Pui Ching Middle School and shared with students her career in law, and provided information on the work and services of the Department.
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On 16 June 2025, Legal Aid Counsel / Legal and Management Support, Ms Agnes Chan, gave a talk on the work and services of the Department, and provided information on application for legal aid to an audience of newly arrived ethnic minorities, in an event organised by the International Social Service Hong Kong Branch.
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On 9 May 2025, Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel / Legal & Management Support, Mr David Chow, received officials from the Justice Bureau of Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Municipal Department of Legal Aid and the Judicial Supervisory Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress. Mr Chow introduced them to the work and services of the Department and exchanged views on the provision of legal aid services.
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On 26 April 2025, Acting Senior Legal Aid Counsel / Civil Litigation, Miss Dora Yeung, delivered a talk on legal aid with special focus on employee’s compensation and personal injuries at work at the Mong Kok Community Hall.
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On 25 April 2025, the Deputy Director of Legal Aid (Litigation), Mr Ben Li; Acting Deputy Director of Legal Aid (Application & Processing), Ms Nancy Keung; and Assistant Director of Legal Aid (Application & Processing), Mr Jason Chan, attended the Annual Reception 2025 of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers.
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On 25 April 2025, the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims organised an occupational safety photo exhibition to showcase the stories of the industrial victims and their families through installations of photography, scent and sound. The Director of Legal Aid, Mr Chris Chong, attended the opening ceremony and visited the photo exhibition together with Deputy Director of Legal Aid (Policy & Administration), Ms Juliana Chan; and Acting Deputy Director (Application & Processing), Ms Nancy Keung.
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On 28 March 2025, Legal Aid Counsel / Civil Litigation, Ms Unique Leung briefed a group of secondary school students on the work and services of the Department, and shared with them career-related information. Students also attended court case hearings at the High Court for a first-hand experience of court proceedings.
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On 24 March 2025, Mr Simon Lau, Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel / Crime, conducted a training course “Legal Aid: Criminal Legal Aid, the Department and CFA” for more than 20 barristers on the rights to apply for legal aid, means and merits test. The training course was organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association.
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On 19 March 2025, Senior Legal Aid Counsel / Civil Litigation, Ms Maze Chak hosted a talk for the frontline staff and volunteers of Po Leung Kuk Tsui Lam Centre on matrimonial litigation matters including divorce, maintenance, child custody, mediation and the legal aid services provided by the Department.
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On 11 March 2025, the Chairman of Legal Aid Services Council, Professor William Leung; Director of Legal Aid, Mr Chris Chong; and Deputy Director (Application and Processing) Ms Juliana Chan, who were joined by the Director of Administration, Mrs Millie Ng; and Deputy Director of Administration, Ms Eva Yam, paid a visit to the new headquarters of Immigration Department in Tseung Kwan O. They were received by the Director of Immigration, Mr Benson Kwok, who introduced them to the documentation handling facilities and new marriage hall. The management colleagues of Immigration Department also shared their work experience with them.
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On 3 March 2025, Acting Senior Legal Aid Counsel / Application & Processing, Miss Candy Ho briefed a group of visiting non-Chinese speaking students from various secondary schools on the work and services of the Department, and shared with them career-related information. Students also attended court case hearings at the High Court for a first-hand experience of court proceedings.
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On 26 February 2025, Senior Legal Aid Counsel / Civil Litigation, Ms Maze Chak and Senior Law Clerk I / Kowloon Branch Office, Miss Anna Lau delivered a talk for social security officers/assistants and frontline staff of the Social Welfare Department on matrimonial matters and on the work and services of the Department.
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On 12 February 2025, Acting Senior Legal Aid Counsel (Crime), Ms Shirley Lo delivered a talk on the Legal Aid Department’s various work and services to a group of law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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On 7 February 2025, Legal Aid Counsel / Kowloon Branch Office, Mr Ray Chan briefed a group of non-Chinese speaking students from various secondary schools on the work and services of the Department, and shared with them career-related information. Students also attended court case hearings at the High Court for a first-hand experience of court proceedings.
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Replies to Written Questions Raised by Finance Committee Members in Examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2025-26

Replies to Supplementary Questions Raised by Finance Committee Members in Examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2025-26