Civil Service Newsletter December 2024 Issue No.118
Volunteer service to show care for families in need and celebrate the National Day

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan (first row, fourth right); the Acting Directors of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Dr Christine Wong Wang (first row, third right) and Mr Arsene Yiu Kai-cheuk (first row, third left); and the Chief Executive of The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon, Ms Alice Lau Oi-sze(first row, fifth right), were pictured with the volunteers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Staff Club.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) Staff Club responded to the call of the Civil Service Bureau by organising a diverse range of volunteer services to share the joy of the National Day with the public, and to show care to people in need. On 9 November 2024, more than 40 volunteers from the FEHD Staff Club visited the grassroot families living in Lok Sin Village, a transitional housing development in Tai Po, to extend care to them and celebrate the National Day together.

This event, co-organised with The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon (Lok Sin Tong), was the third volunteer activity held by the FEHD in celebration of the 75th National Day. The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, the Acting Directors of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Dr Christine Wong and Mr Arsene Yiu, together with the Chief Executive of Lok Sin Tong, Ms Alice Lau, attended the activity to show their support.

On the event day, the volunteers and over ten residents of Lok Sin Village came together at the activity room of the village, making handicrafts with festive elements of the National Day. The fun-packed workshop was brimming with a joyous aura. The volunteers then paid home visits in about 20 groups to the residents and distributed gift packs to them.

The enthusiastic colleagues made good use of their spare time to volunteer in this meaningful event, which not only demonstrated their care and concern for society, but also enabled the residents to feel the warmth and support from the civil service volunteer team, thereby further enhancing community cohesion. The FEHD volunteer team will sustain its effort to actively organise and promote various kinds of volunteer activities, and contribute to the society by sharing love and care with the needy.

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung (second right), the Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Alex Chan Yuen-tak (first left), and the Acting Directors of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Dr Christine Wong (second left) and Mr Arsene Yiu (first right), visited the residents of Lok Sin Village.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung (second right), the Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Alex Chan Yuen-tak (first left), and the Acting Directors of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Dr Christine Wong (second left) and Mr Arsene Yiu (first right), visited the residents of Lok Sin Village.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung (fourth right), the FEHD volunteer team and over ten residents of Lok Sin Village made handicrafts together to celebrate the National Day.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung (fourth right), the FEHD volunteer team and over ten residents of Lok Sin Village made handicrafts together to celebrate the National Day.