The Government launched the first Community Living Room in December 2023 at Fuk Wa Street, Sham Shui Po. Sino Group and Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation continue to participate in the Pilot Programme on Community Living Room in 2024, supporting the Hung Hom Community Living Room Project (“the Project”). The Project continued to adopt the strategy of tripartite collaboration among the Government, the business sector and the community. Sino Group and Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation provide the venue and fitting out for the Project, and the Community Care Fund provides funding to commission Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council to operate the Community Living Room, providing targeted support to sub-divided unit households in the district.
The Project located at Room A, 1/F, Sunshine Plaza, 17 Sung On Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon, will offer shared living spaces, including a pantry, dining room, shower room, living room, study room for students, and self-service laundry, among others. Additionally, it will provide service users with learning tutorials, group activities and referrals to social welfare services, among others. The Project, which lasts for three years, commences operation in July 2024. It will run until the end of June 2027.
The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok Ki, officiated at the Hung Hom Community Living Room Opening Ceremony on 11 July 2024.
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Chris Sun; the Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, The Most Reverend Andrew Chan; the Chairman of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Dr Donald Li; the Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Board of Directors and Executive Committee, The Reverend Canon Peter Douglas Koon; the Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation and the Director of Philanthropy of the Sino Group, Ms Nikki Ng; and the Executive Director of the Sino Group, Mr Victor Tin, also officiated at the ceremony.
