HKFWS has been committed to enhancing the family wellbeing in Hong Kong. In 2019, we launched the Hong Kong Family Wellbeing Index (HKFWI), and conducted the third survey to assess the state of family wellbeing in 2024. The index covers six domains, namely "family solidarity," "family resources", "family health", "social connection", "social resources" and "work-life balance". The family wellbeing index dropped from 6.10 in 2022 to 6.06 in 2024. In particular, index of the families with carer is 5.81, which is significantly lower than 6.24 of the families without carer. We propose to promote “family health” by using the "family as a unit", and focus resources to provide appropriate services targeted the 260,000 “Old and Sole Carers” in Hong Kong.

Promoting Family Happiness on Multiple Platforms

The Society actively promotes family wellbeing across multiple platforms, including social media, community activities, seminars, and public talks, with the aim of heightening public awareness of family wellbeing.

In March 2025, representatives from the Society presented at the 5th Annual Conference on Policy Research and Advocacy organised by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, where we discussed the HKFWI survey findings and shared with fellow workers on how to translate the data into impactful advocacy messages. In 2024, we were invited to Singapore by the Ministry of Social and Family Development to speak at the Asia Family Conference as a keynote speaker, sharing insights and observations from the three HKFWI surveys, as well as discussing the impact of HKFWI locally. In the same year, we collaborated with Professor Xia Lili from Zhejiang University’s Department of Sociology at the Mini-Conference on “Fertility and Family Challenges in East Asia”, hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. We shared the status of family wellbeing in Hong Kong and reflected on policies introduced during and after the pandemic to enhance family wellbeing. These initiatives not only deepened the understanding of family wellbeing as well as exchanging experience among professionals and the public, but also encouraged ongoing attention to family welfare and strengthened cross-sector collaboration.