Applications for the Community Investment and Inclusion Fund will be extended for three more years, the government has decided.
The $300 million fund, which encourages projects designed to enhance Hong Kong's sense of community, has so far financed 72 projects at a cost of $59.8 million. About 45 projects have begun.
A total of 584 applications have been received by the government since the fund was set up by Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa in his policy address in 2001.
According to a report on the fund submitted to the legislature by the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, each of the city's 18 districts has at least one project approved under the scheme. Some districts, including Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Shamshuipo, have more than one project approved, targeting low-income groups, the unemployed, and ethnic minorities.
