CENTRAL WESTERN, SOUTHERN AND ISLANDS DISTRICT Recognition Ceremony for Carer of Persons with Disabilities cum the Expo for Social Enterprises by Subvented Rehabilitation Agencies 16.1 To arouse the public awareness on the contribution of the carers of persons with disabilities and facilitate persons with disabilities to integrate into the community, the Central Western, Southern and Islands District Social Welfare Office (CW/S/IDSWO) conducted the captioned events on 31 January 2010 and 16 January 2011 at Sheung Wan Holiday Walk. The recognition ceremony was held to honour the carers of persons with disabilities. There was also an exhibition and fun fair to display and sell the products made by persons with disabilities. Seven Social Enterprises run by subvented non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating rehabilitation services were invited to participate. The aim of the Expo was to let the public have a better understanding of the ability of the persons with disabilities and enhance social acceptance. Over 2 000 participants attended each event.   Welfare Service Co-ordination in Islands District 16.2 The population of the Islands District scatters in different localities on different Islands and some of which are remote and isolated. Service needs at different localities are different. In view of this distinguished characteristic, the CW/S/IDSWO has set up Locality Meetings for Lantau, Cheung Chau, Peng Chau and Lamma Island respectively. The format of locality meeting has been further extended in view of the fast growing welfare service development in Tung Chung. A Task Group on Tung Chung Service Co-ordination was set up in June 2010 where 17 NGOs and the departmental service units, which are providing a wide spectrum of different social services to Tung Chung residents, join together under the co-ordination of the CW/S/IDSWO. It serves as an effective platform for co-ordinating with NGOs in the district in respect of delivery of services in meeting the changing and multifarious welfare needs of the local community, sharing of community resources as well as better collaboration among services. District Collaboration Projects 16.3 To promote the services and enhance the collaboration among Social Welfare Department (SWD) and the NGOs, the CW/S/IDSWO continuously funded the District Collaboration Projects. There were 32 projects in 2009-10 and 41 projects in 2010-11. The objectives of the projects include promoting voluntary services, advocating community care, enhancing resilience, developing harmonious families, concerning the youth development, promoting care for the elderly, facilitating the community/neighbourhood networking, caring for the ex-mentally-ill persons in the community and enhancing social cohesiveness. To recognise their remarkable collaboration work, there were four awards for outstanding district projects, six awards for best strategic projects and one award for most creative project in 2009 and 2010. A vetting committee was also formed to vet the applications, approve the funding and appraise the awards. Two prize-giving ceremonies cum sharing sessions were held on 13 April 2010 and to be held on 4 May 2011 respectively.