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     The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, and the YDC Youth Ambassadors today (February 18) continued their visit in Singapore. During the day, they went to a number of community facilities to learn about the inclusive culture in Singapore.

     Miss Mak and her team, together with the Vice-Chairman of the Youth Development Commission, Mr Kenneth Leung, and the Youth Ambassadors who are on an exchange in Singapore, paid a visit to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Singapore this morning. They met with the Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, Ms Sun Haiyan, to learn about the country’s development strategy in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Miss Mak and her team also provided Ms Sun with the latest updates on district affairs and youth development in Hong Kong.
 
     They then visited Our Tampines Hub, a community and leisure complex, and learned that it provides a series of facilities on culture, sports, art and retail, etc, to residents and tourists, bringing together people of different backgrounds, races and ages, and expanding community connections and participation. Miss Mak and the Youth Ambassadors visited the Enabling Village in the afternoon to understand how the inclusive community space helps people with special needs to give full play to their capabilities.

     Miss Mak and Mr Leung will attend the Youth Ambassadors’ sharing session to know about their learning experience in this exchange activity, and return to Hong Kong tomorrow (February 19).

                

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The following is issued on behalf of the Family Council:

     The Family Council’s Roving Interactive Drama Series premiered at St. Paul’s College this afternoon (February 18), with around 250 audience members in attendance. The drama series is organised by the Family Council and the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, and supported by the Education Bureau.

     The interactive drama revolves around the theme of “strengthening family cohesion and solidarity”. In the drama, Nicky But, the elder brother of the But’s Family, is challenged by the smart home system “AI Picasso”. To avoid his identity being taken up by “AI Picasso”, Nicky must win the e-sports game designed by the smart home system. The drama is filled with lively and interesting interactive elements. Not only can the audience partner with Nicky or “AI Picasso” to compete against each other during interactive sessions testing their understanding of family core values, they can also vote on the development and ending of the story.

     Speaking at the event, the Chairperson of the Family Council, Ms Melissa Pang, expressed her hope that the interactive drama could promote the loving-family culture and the importance of strong family relationships to the young people. To bring positive impacts to family relationships, she also encouraged the public to praise and thank their family members more often, and to take actions to show them their care. 

     The Council hopes that the interactive sessions in the drama, such as role-playing, problem-solving, and voting on the ending, will inspire young people to empathise and think from different family members’ perspectives, so that they can better understand and reflect on the three family core values, namely “Love and Care”, “Respect and Responsibility” and “Communication and Harmony”.

     Following the premiere, 40 to 60 touring performances will be arranged in different secondary schools across the territory from February to July to promote the culture of loving families among young people.

    

     The Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene has ordered a light refreshment restaurant in Mong Kok to suspend business for 21 days as the operator repeatedly breached the Food Business Regulation (FBR) by extending the business area illegally.
 
     The premises, located at Shop A on the ground floor of Skyline Tower, 14-18 Tong Mi Road, Mong Kok, was ordered to suspend business from today (February 18) to March 10.
 
     “Four convictions for the above-mentioned breach were recorded against the restaurant last November with a total fine of $17,000 levied by the court. Sixty demerit points were also registered against the licensee under the department’s demerit points system, leading to seven-day and 14-day licence suspensions running consecutively,” a spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said.
 
     The spokesman reminded the licensees of food premises to comply with the FBR or their licences could be suspended or cancelled.
 
     Licensed food premises are required to exhibit a sign, at a conspicuous place near the main entrance, indicating that the premises have been licensed. A list of licensed food premises is available on the FEHD’s website (www.fehd.gov.hk/english/licensing/index.html). read more

     The effective exchange rate index for the Hong Kong dollar on Thursday, February 16, 2023 is 101.0 (up 0.2 against yesterday’s index). read more