Desmond Lee on review of Megan Khung abuse case
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) fully accepts the recommendations of the review panel on the Megan Khung abuse case. It will follow up by focusing on three broad areas - improving the clarity of roles within the child protection ecosystem, fostering a stronger learning culture and providing more structured support for social service practitioners. Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee outlined these key moves in reply to MPs’ questions in parliament on Wednesday (Nov 5). He said MSF and all the agencies and organisations concerned are “deeply sorry” for the outcome, lapses and missed opportunities, adding “we should have done much better”. Mr Lee pointed out that protocols and structured tools are important, but they must never reduce child protection or vulnerable protection work to a “mere checkbox system”.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) fully accepts the recommendations of the review panel on the Megan Khung abuse case. It will follow up by focusing on three broad areas - improving the clarity of roles within the child protection ecosystem, fostering a stronger learning culture and providing more structured support for social service practitioners. Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee outlined these key moves in reply to MPs’ questions in parliament on Wednesday (Nov 5). He said MSF and all the agencies and organisations concerned are “deeply sorry” for the outcome, lapses and missed opportunities, adding “we should have done much better”. Mr Lee pointed out that protocols and structured tools are important, but they must never reduce child protection or vulnerable protection work to a “mere checkbox system”.
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