Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun says the six additional community living rooms to be opened next year will be in locations that include Yau Tsim Mong, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing, and Hong Kong Island.

In this month's Policy Address, Chief Executive John Lee said the new rooms, along with the nine existing ones, would be able to serve 7,000 subdivided flat households.

The rooms offer amenities such as shared cooking facilities and study areas.

Sun told a Commercial Radio programme that the government wanted to set up a facility in Yau Tsim Mong, as the number of tenants living in the district's subdivided flats may be the highest across the SAR.

He believes the SAR will see more than six additional facilities later, as many groups have shown an interest in working with the government on the project.

While community living rooms in Sham Shui Po, Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan, and Nam Cheong have been operating for more than a year under a three-year lease, Sun said groups providing the venues would extend the service.

"They're going to provide another three years of extension of their lease," he said.

"So that means for these four community living rooms, they will be providing to us free of charge, together with the renovation cost for six years."

Separately, Sun also provided an update on a joint pilot scheme between the Hospital Authority and the Social Welfare Department, which was launched in July.

Under the scheme, when a caregiver, who is a recipient of carers' subsidies for low-income families, is admitted to hospital, the authority will notify the department to offer respite services for the family in need.

Sun said, so far, the Hospital Authority had made more than 500 alerts.

However, he said urgent support was only needed in two cases, including meal deliveries from the Social Welfare Department.