Pacific Place is treating some from the emergency shelter to its Santa festive activity. They are the domestic helpers from the Bethune House Migrant Women’s Refuge, an emergency shelter for migrant women workers facing difficulties, such as abuse or sudden termination of their employment contract, and they are among the 400 beneficiaries from seven charities who were invited to Pacific Place for free photo shoots with its AR Santa this year.

The charity is one of 15 worthy causes receiving funding this year from Operation Santa Claus (OSC). OSC is an annual fundraising initiative organised by the South China Morning Post and public broadcaster RTHK. Pacific Place has been collaborating with OSC since 2014. In past years, all proceeds from patrons’ purchases of Christmas activities at the mall, including taking photos with Santa, workshops and children’s activities were donated to OSC, but this holiday season, in addition to the financial help, it wanted to do something special because of the past three years of Covid-19 restrictions.