Annual Report 2024

The Legislative Council (“LegCo”) seeks to engage with the public and enhance public understanding of its work. A range of education, visitor, and multimedia services are available to bring up-to-date information of the Council to the public. The Council has also connected with the public via its website, mobile application (“mobile app”) and other social media channels.

A wide range of education and visitor services provided for the public in the LegCo 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 interactive learning activities on the work of the Council, as well as story-telling about rules and collaborative activities. In addition to on-site activities, the Secretariat also continued to provide online education activities for schools during the session.

Under the Meeting with Members programme, Members and students may engage in two-way conversation. Students can raise questions about topics or current issues that concern them, while Members may likewise ask about young people’s views and concerns. Music performances, an integral part of the programme, given by schools and youth music groups, were also conducted twice in this session.

During the session, the Secretariat has continued to conduct the Teacher Programme to enhance the understanding of teachers and their students regarding the role and functions of the Council, and to introduce various educational resources provided by the Secretariat to support teaching. Through a series of interactive dialogue sessions, Members and teachers exchanged views on topics related to youth development and values education.

Various types of information of LegCo are provided through the use of the LegCo website and mobile app to keep the public abreast of the latest development of LegCo business. To improve the overall digital presentation and searchability of the LegCo business, the Library Office has strengthened the search engine optimization strategy for the LegCo website and is moving towards more HTML-based reporting in addition to the PDF format.

To enhance the dissemination of information, the video records of open meetings and activities of LegCo and its committees are posted on the YouTube channel, and the relevant photos are uploaded to the Flickr album for viewing and sharing. Meanwhile, the mobile app with functions such as “Press Release”, “Latest Publications” and “Push Notification” provides the public using mobile devices a quick access to the most up-to-date information about LegCo.