'Professionals need guidance on child abuse reports'

[RTHK] - 11/14/2024

A child welfare organisation on Thursday urged the government to offer professionals guidance before a mandatory reporting mechanism for suspected child abuse comes into effect. Against Child Abuse (ACA) said it handled about 1,000 enquiries between April last year and March this year, of which (…)



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