The Leisure and Cultural Services Department is presenting the Chinese New Year Lantern Display 2026 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza from February 12 to March 15, featuring dazzling lanterns that incorporate various elements of Hong Kong's intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and blend festive joy with exquisite traditional paper craftsmanship. The display offers visitors a vivid experience of the unique charm of ICH and joyfully welcomes the Year of the Horse.The lantern display titled "Spirited Horse and ICH Bring You the New Year Blessings", presented by the ICH Office, was created by veteran paper-crafting master Mo Cheuk-kei. The lantern features motifs including horses, bats and lions. Another lantern display, "Leaping into Spring, Galloping to Success", is created by veteran paper-crafting master Hui Ka-hung. It incorporates Hong Kong-style cheongsams, Chinese candy boxes, gold coins and auspicious symbols, offering a fusion of tradition and creativity to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

The display is open to the public free of charge, with lighted display hours from 6pm to 11pm daily. For enquiries, please call LCSD at 2591 1340 or visit webpage.

The Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship Programme 2026 has been launched. The Programme provides internship placement opportunities for students who are permanent residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and enrolled in full-time programmes offered by post-secondary institutions in or outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Bureaux/departments would advertise their internship placement opportunities (where applicable) on their respective departmental websites and the Civil Service Bureau's (CSB) website. They may make arrangement with individual post-secondary institutions to nominate students for the Programme.In addition, other government related organisations also offer individual summer internship programmes for post-secondary students.
Government Summer Intern Vacancies (As of 20 February 2026)Marine DepartmentJob Title: Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship ProgrammeSalary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 25/02/2026 23:59:00Details: Click here 
Social Welfare DepartmentJob Title: Summer Intern (Media Arts/Visual Arts related subjects) Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship ProgrammeSalary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 26/02/2026 18:00:00Details: Click here 
Social Welfare DepartmentJob Title: Summer Intern (Psychology) Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship ProgrammeSalary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 26/02/2026 18:00:00Details: Click here 
Social Welfare DepartmentJob Title: Summer Intern (Social Work) Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship ProgrammeSalary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 26/02/2026 18:00:00Details: Click here 
Government Flying Service Job Title: Summer InternSalary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 26/02/2026 23:59:00Details: Click here 
Customs and Excise Department Job Title: Summer InternSalary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 01/03/2026 23:59:00Details: Click here 
Education BureauJob Title: Summer Intern (Finance) Salary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 06/03/2026 23:59:00Details: Click here 
Independent Commission Against CorruptionJob Title: Summer Intern (General) Salary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 01/03/2026 23:59:00Details: Click here 
Independent Commission Against CorruptionJob Title: Summer Intern (Information Technology) Salary: $11,500 per month Application Deadline: 01/03/2026 23:59:00Details: Click here 


Application Procedures
Students who are interested in the placement opportunities advertised may download the standard application form (Word format / PDF format) or use the prescribed application forms as provided by individual bureaux/departments/related organisations (where applicable) and submit their applications to the recruiting bureaux/departments/related organisations OR their respective institutions according to the methods as set out in the advertisements.
(*Please follow the application procedures set out in the advertisements) (**To safeguard personal data privacy, students are reminded not to submit their personal data through other channels)(***Please note the deadlines set by the respective institutions)
 

Open for applications

Open for applications, please visit the programme website for details.

Open for applications

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