Annual District Highlights

District Highlights 2023-24

Promotion of Foster Care Services through Film Show

To promote foster care services and acknowledge the contributions of foster parents, a screening of a film about foster family called “Lost Love” was organised on 8 April 2023. It was attended by around 100 foster parents and members of the public interested in foster care.

Promotion of Adoption Services

To encourage more people to become adoptive parents, the Adoption Unit joined hands with three Accredited Bodies for local adoption [i.e. Po Leung Kuk, Mother’s Choice Limited and International Social Service (Hong Kong Branch)] to run a programme, “Offer a Home for Children through Adoption”, on 10 March 2024. Furthermore, the Adoption Unit introduced adoption services on Healthpedia, a radio programme of Radio Television Hong Kong, on 26 March 2024, during which an adoptive parent shared her experiences and helped promote the positive message that love knows no boundaries.

Support for Carers – Carers’ Day

To echo the three-year territory-wide publicity initiative known as the “Care the Carers Campaign” launched by SWD in 2023-24, the District Social Welfare Office designated 21 October 2023 as the “Carers’ Day” of the district. Subsidies were provided to district elderly community centres and welfare service units to organise a variety of activities in collaboration with local organisations on that day, including promotional vehicle parades, carnivals, talks, workshops, street service consultation counters, etc.