The following is issued on behalf of the Family Council:
 
     Students, parents and schools were commended today (January 4) at the award presentation ceremony of "The But's Family Inter-school Colouring Competition for Kindergarten Students and Picture Composition Competition for Primary School Students" co-organised by the Home Affairs Bureau and the Family Council.
 
     Speaking at the ceremony, the Chairman of the Family Council, Professor Daniel Shek, said the Family Council aims to promote the culture of loving families to students of kindergartens, primary schools and their parents through the competition. The competition was well received, with more than 19,000 entries submitted under three categories, namely Kindergarten, Junior Primary and Senior Primary. For each category, an adjudication panel selected a champion, a first runner-up, a second runner-up and 10 merit awardees. The schools with the highest number of entries for each category received "The Most Active Participating School Award". As well, a public voting exercise was held on the Facebook page of the Family Council from October to November 2019. The top three entries in each category with the most votes received "The Most Liked Award". The awardees' lists have been uploaded onto the Council's Happy Family Info Hub.
 
     The Family Council also launched a storybook, "The Secret of the But's Dinner" at the ceremony. Written by experienced parent-child relationship expert Ms Shirley Loo and designed by local illustrator Ms Jan Koon, the storybook is suitable for reading by children under the guidance of their parents or elder family members. The story is a rich and light-hearted tale, designed to illustrate the importance of communication among family members and the sharing of love with each other. The e-version and theme song of the storybook and interactive activity book have been uploaded onto the Council's Happy Family Info Hub to create more common topics and foster exchanges between parents and their children to help build a more intimate relationship. The storybook will also be distributed free of charge to the libraries of all kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong.
 
     A series of storytelling workshops for the storybook, "The Secret of the But's Dinner", will be arranged for kindergarten students from January to March 2020. Each workshop will include a storytelling session, interactive games, theme song singing and more to strengthen students' understanding of family core values such as "Love and Care". Members of the public are welcome to visit the Council's Happy Family Info Hub and the Council's Facebook page for details of the publicity event and other upcoming family programmes as well as family-related information.

Ends/Saturday, January 4, 2020
Issued at HKT 13:35

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