The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (SHYA) visited CHEER Centre on 25th June 2024.
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak; the Permanent Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Ms Shirley Lam; the Under Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Mr Clarence Leung; and the Acting Director of Home Affairs, Mr Te Chi-wang, this afternoon (June 25) visited a support service centre for ethnic minorities in Kwun Tong – the CHEER Centre, which is funded by the Home Affairs Department. They exchanged happily with the ethnic minority friends in the centre.
SHYA visited a parent-child handicraft class and a henna workshop, and interacted with the ethnic minority participants. She had also joined a party in celebration of a traditional festival – Eid al-Adha, playing happily with the ethnic minority friends. SHYA then watched a dance by the ethnic minority women. She had also visited the interpretation and translation centre to better understand the interpretation and translation services provided to the ethnic minorities in assisting them to access public services, facilitating their integration into the community.
