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Field Visit: Caritas “Our Common Home” Register Now

Date : 4 July 2026 (Saturady)
Time: 14:30-16:30
Meeting Place: MTR Tsuen Wan (Exit C)
The Link of Field Visit Centre: https://ycs.caritas.org.hk/twcommonhome
Registration on a first-come, first-served basis

"Our Common Home" - Extended Living Space for Sub Divided Unit (SDU) Residents in Tsuen Wan has contributed significantly to the well-being of service users (SDU) by addressing both physical and psychological needs. The essential resources and basic household equipment—such as kitchens, laundry facilities, dining areas, living rooms, and study spaces—to improve SDU families' daily living standards and reduce health risks. Now the project is serving over 750 SDU household in Tsuen Wan. At the same time, it fostered dignity, empowerment, and resilience, particularly among single mothers, caregivers, and families with SEN children who are living in SDU. Active user participation ensured households were partners in shaping interventions, while women’s leadership strengthened decision-making and community trust. Despite logistical challenges, the initiative achieved strong engagement and retention, offering a replicable model that advances resilience, housing equity, women’s empowerment, and inclusive participation within sustainable urban development.

Field Visit

City Walk: A Socio-Spatial Wellbeing of Yau Ma Tei

A Two-Hour Self-Guided Circuit for Urban Studies

This self-guided city walk circuit treats the historic district of Yau Ma Tei as "a living urban classroom". In contemporary urban geography, the neighbourhood considerably exemplifies spatial compression—the intense geographical packing of disparate historical eras, architectural typologies, and socio-economic classes within a single narrow administrative boundary. By executing this walking route, city walkers will trace the vivid intersection and spatial clash between two distinct urban production forces: organic grassroots expansion (characterised by low-rise, informal, survivalist networks) and mechanical institutional planning (driven by top-down, state-led, capital-intensive redevelopments).

This activity can be completed on your own schedule. Download the city walk handbook to begin.