WELCOME

The Guardianship Board is a legal quasi-judicial tribunal of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Its central statutory role is to conduct hearings in order to make guardianship orders for people aged 18 years and over with decision-making incapacities. It may make a range of ancillary orders as well.

Information Pamphlets

1. Overview of Guardianship
2. How to manage the financial needs of the MIP
3. Road Map and Steps in Submitting Guardianship Applications
4. Hearing Process for Guardianship Applications
5. Application Procedure and Road Map for an Emergency Guardianship Order
6. Review of Guardianship Orders and Directions
7. Notice on Collection of Personal Data

WHAT'S NEW

Publication of Board Decisions

The Board is pleased to announce that the case summaries for 2025 have been uploaded to the Board's website, under the section Board's decisions.

(9 July 2025)

Monthly Financial Limit

According to the Quarterly Report on General Household Survey by the Census and Statistics Department for 1st  Quarter, January to March 2025, the median monthly employment earning was HK$20,100.
 

(30 May 2025)

Procedural Guidelines

The Board is pleased to announce that the project to consolidate the leaflets of the Board has been completed with the publication of the Board’s Procedural Guidelines. The Procedural Guidelines is the third major document to supplement the Medical Guidelines and the Financial Reporting Guidelines which the Board had previously launched.

Existing leaflets of the Board would be replaced with immediate effect.

To assist potential users and the general public to gain an overview of the Board’s work, new information sheets, the Pamphlets, have been prepared.

The Procedural Guidelines and the new Pamphlets are now available for viewing and downloading, together with the Practice Notes accompanying the Procedural Guidelines, from the Board’s website under the section Publications.

To protect the environment, physical copies will be provided only upon request. If this is required, please contact the Board Secretariat.

(6 March 2025)

Online Calculator - Time Requirements for Supporting Medical Reports

The Board is pleased to announce the launch of an Online Calculator for the purpose of assisting potential applicants to calculate the time periods applicable for making guardianship applications and the supporting medical opinions. It can be found on the Board's website, under the section Online Calculator. To facilitate easy access, there is also a green tab near the right edge of the website pages which leads directly to Online Calculator page.

(13 October 2023)

Publication of Board Decisions

The Board is pleased to announce the publication of the Board's decisions in the form of case summaries to facilitate reading by the public. They include newly published cases in 2021 and 2022. Case summaries for previous decisions are being produced, and summaries in the new format have been published for the years between 2018 to 2020.

(25 May 2023)

Medical Guidelines (Chinese)

The Board is pleased to announce the issue of the Chinese version of the Medical Guidelines today, which has been uploaded under the Publications section of this website. The Guidelines replaced Leaflet 12 and Leaflet 13 of the Board.

(28 April 2023)

Financial Reporting Guidelines

Leaflet 15 (2022 version) of the Board has been renamed as the Financial Reporting Guidelines.  There is no substantive change.  The new document is listed under Publications in this website.

(1 August 2022)

7th Report

The 7th Report of the Guardianship Board has been issued. You are welcome to review the reports available under the Publications section. To support environmental protection, no hard copies will be printed for distribution. Readers can download the reports in Chinese and English from the website if required.

(15 July 2022)

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES OF THE GUARDIANSHIP BOARD

Vision
The vision of the Guardianship Board is to promote the welfare, interests and protection of mentally incapacitated adults through guardianship.

Mission
To manifest its vision, the Guardianship Board commits to the following mission:

1. To support, protect and advocate the best interests of mentally incapacitated adults by empowering guardians to:
   • facilitate the management of their finances;
   • ensure that their needs for services and medical treatment are met;
   • protect them against abuse, exploitation and neglect; 
   • enhance their quality of care. 
2. To facilitate the resolution of disputes with relatives and service providers, concerning the best interests of mentally incapacitated adults.
3. At the initiative of policy bureau, to give legal advice on guardianship legislation review.

Values
The Guardianship Board commits to the following values:

1. Protection
2. Compassion
3. Fairness
4. Independence
5. Respect
6. Accessibility

Performance Pledge
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