The Summer Youth Programme is a big community programme that provides a variety of activities for schoolchildren to enjoy during their summer holidays as well as for other young people aged six to 25. To solicit and encourage public support and participation in the programme, the slogan 'Let's build harmony' was used in more than 80 summer youth activities held in 2006. The activities were organised by the Home Affairs Department and the 18 District Offices, including parent-child activities and family camps.

The main purpose of the programme is get parents and children to take part in activities together which in turn enhances mutual understanding and harmony within the family. More than 13 000 such activities took place in 2006 in which over 1 million children and their parents took part. More than $50 million was spent on the activities, $15 million of which was from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Fund and the rest was from government and district council subventions, private donations and participation fees.