Hong Kong Policy Address 2025: What Mamas Need To Know

The Chief Executive’s 2025 Policy Address prioritises education, healthcare and family support to enhance family life in Hong Kong.

The 2025 Hong Kong Policy Address brings meaningful support for mothers and families, emphasising a nurturing environment for the city’s next generations. Key initiatives include extending the child allowance claim period to two years to ease financial pressures on parents, and adding 15 new child care centres over the next three years, significantly increasing daycare availability for children under the age of 3. Healthcare improvements will shorten waiting times for maternity related services and expand assisted reproductive treatment options. Together, these measures demonstrate a commitment to enriching family life across the city.

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Promote the integrated development of education, technology and talents

• Enhance the building of an international education hub by increasing the number of places for non-local students to study in Hong Kong on a self-financing basis and the provision of student hostels, thereby attracting more international teaching and research talents and students
• Set aside $2 billion in the Quality Education Fund to support digital education in primary and secondary schools, and release the Blueprint for Digital Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in 2026

Promote youth development

• Launch the Young Talent Training Programme to provide more opportunities for young people to participate in internships of international organisations and attend international conferences
• Organise about 100 youth activities on culture, arts, sports, etc. through the Youth Post hostel in Kai Tak in the coming five years

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Deepen reform of the healthcare system

• Shorten the waiting time for stable new case bookings in the specialty of Surgery by about 10 weeks
• Enhance the preventive screening and care services of family medicine clinics, increase their service capacity and regularise their current extended service hours progressively
• Promote mental health by rolling out measures covering prevention, identification, intervention and treatment

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Promote social development for a caring and inclusive society