Civil Service Newsletter March 2024 Issue No.116
Civil servants united to support the District Council election

Civil Service Bureau

THE 2023 District Council (DC) election was held on 10 December 2023. To further disseminate the message in the community to vote in the DC election, the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) organised volunteer teams from 70 bureaux and departments to actively assist in publicising the DC elections by distributing leaflets in 18 districts, calling on the public to vote to elect DC members who will serve the community.

From 25 November to 9 December 2023, approximately 2,200 volunteers from 70 bureaux and departments distributed promotional leaflets to the public in 18 districts including some remote areas such as Shenzhen Bay Control Point, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point, Mui Wo, Cheung Chau and etc. Bureaux/departments that have yet to form a volunteer team also actively partnered with volunteer teams from other departments to participate in the activity to promote the DC election.

The Civil Service Volunteer Teams promoted the DC election in the community with one heart, reminding the public not to miss polling day. They showed their support to the DC election and promoted voting message among colleagues through volunteer work, passing on the spirit of shouldering civic responsibilities and building a better community together.

On the polling day, CSB organised the Civil Service Volunteer Teams from the Social Welfare Department, Civil Engineering and Development Department, and Correctional Services Department, a total of 17 members, to arrange pick-up and escort services for needy elderly in households and six elderly centers to get to the polling stations. This demonstrated the people-oriented ethos of civil servants and their caring attitude towards the community.

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan (right), distributed promotional leaflets to a shop keeper.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan (right), distributed promotional leaflets to a shop keeper.
The volunteer team of the Civil Engineering and Development Department went to an elderly centre in So Uk Estate to escort the elderly with mobility difficulty to get to the polling station.
The volunteer team of the Civil Engineering and Development Department went to an elderly centre in So Uk Estate to escort the elderly with mobility difficulty to get to the polling station.
The volunteer team of the Correctional Services Department was taken by a shuttle bus to various places to pick up needy elderly persons living in Chai Wan to the polling station.
The volunteer team of the Correctional Services Department was taken by a shuttle bus to various places to pick up needy elderly persons living in Chai Wan to the polling station.
The volunteer team of the Social Welfare Department provided escort service to needy elderly persons living in Lok Man Sun Chuen, taking them to the polling station for casting votes.
The volunteer team of the Social Welfare Department provided escort service to needy elderly persons living in Lok Man Sun Chuen, taking them to the polling station for casting votes.