CCAC completes inquiry into Social Welfare Bureau’s termination of cooperation agreement in relation to Smart Nursery

The CCAC has completed the inquiry into the termination of the cooperation agreement in relation to Smart Nursery by the Social Welfare Bureau (hereinafter referred to as “SWB”), where it believed that the SWB’s termination of its cooperative relationship with Zonta Club of Macau (hereinafter referred to as “Zonta Club”) which operated Smart Nursery and its supervision on Zonta Club’s utilisation of subsidies on the nursery were on the basis of its own duties and that there was no existence of illegality or administrative impropriety. On the contrary, according to the findings of the investigation, there was information indicating the existence of irregularities or illegalities concerning staff employment, financial management and utilisation of subsidies at the nursery by Zonta Club. Moreover, Zonta Club failed to rectify the problems all along in a timely manner, thereby affecting the maintenance of good services of the nursery and childcare services to a certain extent.
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