The year 2022-23 was full of ups and downs. Hong Kong was ravaged by the fifth wave of COVID which dealt a severe blow to the economy and people's livelihoods. Fortunately the pandemic was finally brought under control, and the city resumed its road to recovery in early 2023. HKCSS and social service organisations had staunchly maintained their watch, mobilizing different sectors to provide assistance to Hong Kong people by launching extensive economic and supportive service projects. In particular, within a very short time we had marshalled social service organisations and collaborated with healthcare professions in launching the “Door-to-Door Vaccination Service”, under which outreach teams visited homes to provide vaccinations to elderly people with mobility problems and people with disabilities. In addition, we continued recruiting nursing & healthcare students to support residential care homes, provided financial assistance to the unemployed and persons with disabilities, subsidized grassroots citizens emotionally disturbed by the epidemic to receive psychotherapy services, and aided social service units affected by the epidemic. All these efforts helped alleviate Hong Kong people’s urgent needs and contributed to the battle against the epidemic. In the long shadow of the epidemic, the Council persevered in implementing many key programmes and prepared diligently ...

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