Immediate Measures to Prevent Students from Committing Suicide (2016/03/16)

MR YIU SI-WING: President, I agree that students committing suicide is a very complicated issue, but chiding the Secretary is no solution to the problem.

President, other than teachers, many social workers also take part in student guidance or counselling in schools, and the families of some students may also be followed up by social workers. Therefore, the social workers who follow up the problem students should have more objective and comprehensive views. May I ask the Secretary whether the authorities will pool together social workers who have participated in counselling students with suicidal education and their families to listen to their views seriously in order to identify the reasons and patterns of students committing suicide, hence finding a solution to the problem?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION: President, I will get in touch with the representatives of various professional bodies, and I hope that representatives of school social workers can participate in the work of the committee.