The composition of the "18 District Caring Teams" mentioned in the "Policy Address" has finally been exposed. The government submitted a document to the Legislative Council, showing that the government will divide the whole of Hong Kong into districts by district council districts. Each district will have a team of "caring teams". The district affairs officer will serve as the overall commander of all the "Care Teams" in the district.
The "Policy Address" mentioned the establishment of "District Service and Caring Teams" (Care Teams). The 18 districts in Hong Kong will be divided into different communities, and regional organizations and groups will be recruited to become the "Care Teams" of the communities.
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18 district civil affairs commissioners deploy 8 to 12 people per team
The government submitted a document to the Home Affairs, Cultural and Sports Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council detailing its composition.
The district affairs commissioners of the 18 districts in Hong Kong act as the general commanders in the districts. Each district council constituency has a "caring team" assigned by the district commissioner to which it belongs.
Regional organizations must apply and pass the selection to become the "Caring Team". Each team has about 8 to 12 human beings, including a captain and a vice-captain.
A group can contract the work of more than one community, and depending on the nature and scale of the work, the team can mobilize people other than team members as needed.
Two rounds of selection meetings to review service proposals
There are two stages in the neighborhood selection of the "Caring Team". The first is the group selection. It is necessary to ensure that the groups that form the "Caring Team" love the country and Hong Kong, can support and cooperate with the government's leadership, have certain regional network and service experience, and have cross-border The mobilization ability of the region, as well as the ability to cohere and seek social resources.
The work in this area is under the responsibility of the "Territory Care Team Assessment and Steering Group" led by the Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs and the "District Care Team Assessment and Coordination Group" led by the 18 district officers.
During the peak period of the fifth wave of the epidemic, the government distributed 3.5 million anti-epidemic kits to residents in Hong Kong, and many local groups mobilized volunteers to participate.
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The second stage is to review the service plan of the applicant group.
District Offices will formulate service requirements and set key performance indicators (KPIs) according to the situation.
Groups that have passed the first-stage assessment can submit service proposals as required, specifying service levels and budgetary expenditures, and can also provide other services.
The plan should also list the members of the "Care Team". Members should include young people, women and other people, and people with relevant service experience or professional knowledge.
The "Territory-wide Assessment Team" will formulate criteria to conduct assessment on the services proposed by the organisation, the composition of team members and the use of resources.
The "Regional Review Team" will be responsible for evaluating the proposals and submit the results to the "Territory-wide Review Team" for approval.
The group with the highest score becomes the "Care Team" squad for that neighborhood.
Each "Care Team" will receive funding for two years, with a total amount of about 800,000 to 1.2 million yuan, and can also accept sponsorship, donations or internal resources of the group to provide services.
The government will take the lead in setting up "Care Teams" in Tsuen Wan and the Southern District in the first quarter of 2023, and will openly invite groups to sign up this month.
Should the organizer of the care team "love the country and love Hong Kong"?
Mai Meijuan said that there is no need to advertise: In fact, you belong to the caring team｜Chen Wanchen: I believe that you can complement each other with district councilors. The service scope varies according to the district. The team sets the service KPI participation threshold according to the district conditions?
Li Jiachao hopes that patriotism and love for Hong Kong will become the mainstream
