Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017

Chapter 6 Public Engagement Chapter 6 Public Engagement The Legislative Council seeks to engage with the public and enhance public understanding of its work. A range of education, visitor, and online services are available to bring up-to-date information of the Council to the public. The Council has also enhanced its presence on social media websites to connect with the public. Education and visitor services Awide rangeof educationandvisitor servicesprovided for thepublic intheLegislative Council Complex are designed to give participants the opportunity to meet and engage with Members. Members conduct guided educational tours of the Complex and participate in education activities held for schools following the tours such as role-play on the work of the Council and story-telling. Under the Meeting with Members programme, Members hold discussions with students on topics relating to the work of the Council and social issues. During the session, a pilot initiative was launched to enrich the programme by inviting schools to stage music performances in theComplex andmeetwithMembers. Members alsoattend mockCouncil debates organized by youth organizations in the Complex to share with participants their experience as legislators. A total of 651 activity sessions organized for more than 20000studentsandvisitorswithMembers' participationwererecorded inthis session. Online services Various types of information of the Legislative Council are provided through the use of social media websites and mobile application to keep the public abreast of the latest development of Council business. To enhance the dissemination of information, the video records of meetings and activities of the Council and its committees are posted on the YouTube channel, and the relevant photos are uploaded to the Flickr album for viewing and sharing. The mobile application with functions such as "Press Release" and "Push Notification" provides the public using mobile devices a quick access to themost up-to-date information about the Council. Tours /education activities with Members' participation 626 sessions conducted for 19 639 participants Meeting with Members sessions 23 sessions conducted for 575 participants Mock Council debates with Members' participation 2 sessions conducted for 131 participants No. of video clips uploaded to YouTube channel 3 345 No. of photos uploaded to Flickr 2 128 No. of users downloaded the mobile application 7 954 Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017 161 160 Legislative Council Annual Report 2016-2017