Legislative Council Annual Report 2017-2018

Chapter 7 Public Engagement Chapter 7 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 used social media websites to connect with the public. Education and visitor services A wide range of education and visitor services provided for the public in the Legislative Council Complex are designed to give participants the opportunity to meet and engage with Members. Members conduct guided 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, Members' interaction with students was further enhanced with the integration of music performance given by school and youth music groups into the programme. Members also attend mock Council debates organized by youth organizations in the Complex to share with participants their experience as legislators. A total of some 600 activity sessions organized for more than 20 000 students and visitors with Members' participation were recorded in this 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 w ith 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 572 sessions conducted for 19 885 participants Meeting with Members sessions 28 sessions conducted for 760 participants Mock Council debates with Members' participation 3 sessions conducted for 272 participants No. of video clips uploaded to YouTube channel 3 607 No. of photos uploaded to Flickr 1 883 No. of users downloaded the mobile application 4 810 Legislative Council Annual Report 2017-2018 153 152 Legislative Council Annual Report 2017-2018