YUEN LONG DISTRICT Yuen Long District Community Services Planning Forum 16.27 To promote cross-departmental collaboration in Yuen Long district with an aim to build a healthy community, Yuen Long District Social Welfare Office (YLDSWO) organised the “2011 Yuen Long District Community Services Planning Forum – Healthy Community” jointly with the Home Affairs Department Yuen Long District Office, the Hong Kong Police Force Yuen Long Police District, the Education Bureau Yuen Long District School Development Section and the Housing Department Estate Management Division (Yuen Long) on 2 March 2011. Apart from the keynote speech by Prof. Lam Tai-hing, Director of School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong cum Sir Robert Kotewall Professor in Public Health, representatives of the five Departments presented their work directions in the coming year and collected views from the participants. The opening dancing performance performed jointly by youth and elderly groups signified inter-generational harmony.   Promoting Healthy Life for Youth 16.28 To help young people in the district to expand their life experiences and develop positively, YLDSWO jointly with non-governmental organisations implemented two life education programmes, namely “Project Skyhigh – Youth Life Education Through the Game of Golf” and “Power Generation – Basketball Training Project”. Through structured sports training, young people were given a chance to grow up healthily and enhance their self-confidence, self-efficacy, as well as positive living attitude and style. Strengthening Prevention and Handling of Family Violence 16.29 YLDSWO echoed the need of the district to provide services and trainings to promote the message of harmonious family and prevention of domestic violence. It launched a series of thematic activities to strengthen cooperation and collaboration among professionals of different departments and organisations to promote family harmony and combat domestic violence. YLDSWO had also launched publicity and community education through putting up giant wall-hung banners with slogans to promote care to family members at eye-catching locations and schools in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai area. Besides, seminars, programmes and activities were organised to promote the same message.