CE kicks off year-end caring visits

January 25, 2025

Caring community:

Chief Executive John Lee (second left) and Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak (second right) visit an elderly singleton living in Oi Man Estate, to learn about the home repair and cleaning services provided by the District Services & Community Care Team.

Inclusive celebration:

Financial Secretary Paul Chan (sixth left) visits an ethnic minority family living on Reclamation Street.

Heartfelt blessings:

Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Christopher Hui (second left) gives residents fai chun he personally handwrote to wish them a year full of happiness and good fortune in the Year of the Snake during his visit to Yat Tung (I) Estate.

Festive joy:

Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau (third left) visits elderly families at Wah Fu Estate and gives them Chinese New Year blessing bags.

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With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, Chief Executive John Lee visited singleton elderly households living in Oi Man Estate to understand more about their daily lives.

Accompanied by Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak and representatives from the District Services & Community Care Team, Mr Lee presented the seniors with Chinese New Year blessing bags and shared the festive joy with them.

The Chief Executive also visited shops at the estate and bought turnip cakes, where he found out from the shop owner that sales are in line with expectations.

Mr Lee revealed that he had also toured the Hung Hom Community Living Room  and enjoyed a New Year meal with service users.

He wished citizens a healthy and happy Year of the Snake.

Meanwhile, Financial Secretary Paul Chan visited an ethnic minority family and an elderly family living in Yau Tsim Mong District to learn about their daily lives and needs.

The principal officials will continue to pay home visits in various districts in the coming few days to extend care and blessings to the public.

With the Lunar New Year just around the corner, the Government’s principal officials started travelling to all 18 districts throughout the city today to visit different families for four consecutive days and distribute blessing bags in celebration of the festival.

The year-end caring visits in 18 districts are co-ordinated by the Home Affairs Department.

Chief Executive John Lee and Secretary for Home & Youth Affairs Alice Mak, accompanied by representatives from the District Services & Community Care Team, visited singleton elderly households living in Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin to learn more about their daily lives, wishing them a healthy and happy Year of the Snake.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan visited an elderly family and an ethnic minority family living on Oak Street in Tai Kok Tsui and Reclamation Street in Mong Kok respectively to understand their daily lives and needs.

Additionally, Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Christopher Hui visited grassroots families and elderly people living in Yat Tung (l) Estate, Tung Chung.

Meanwhile, Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau and Under Secretary for Health Dr Libby Lee visited singleton and doubleton elderly households living in Wah Fu Estate, Southern District.