The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust has donated a further HK$7.54 million to The Chinese University of Hong Kong to run a three-year pilot CUHK Jockey Club Community Primary Care Programme in support of the Government’s call to promote primary healthcare.
The Programme will be run by the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, which the Trust helped establish more than a decade ago to enhance multi-disciplinary cooperation for advancement of public health.
Jockey Club Steward Dr Donald K T Li announced the donation at today’s (25 October) opening ceremony of the International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education.
Dr Li noted the Club has made considerable investments towards advancing Hong Kong’s medical and health development. In the past ten years alone, the Club’s donations to this sector have amounted to over HK$2.2 billion.
“The Club’s support to this three-year pilot programme demonstrates our commitment on the development of primary healthcare,” Dr Li said. “We are very pleased to be able to walk this extra mile with the Chinese University in expanding the scope of primary healthcare into the community. I look forward to seeing this pilot project come to fruition, bringing both positive and sustainable benefits for the local community.”
The programme will be run at Family Medicine and Primary Care Centre on the 4th floor of the Lek Yuen Health Centre, Sha Tin. A multi-disciplinary team including clinical doctor, nurses, social worker and part-time dietician/physiotherapist will be recruited.
It is estimated that around 1,000 patients with psychological and social needs from low income families will benefit. In addition, 80 family medicine practitioners from the New Territories East Cluster will be trained. Various education activities will be conducted at schools and community centres, to increase public awareness of the importance of primary care and the concept of family doctor.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club has become one of Hong Kong’s best known and respected organisations, providing the public with world-class sporting entertainment as well as being the city’s major non-Government community benefactor, now donating more than HK$1 billion a year to charitable and community projects. It has been a part of Hong Kong through good times and bad, sharing the city’s growth and development with its people, and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for future generations.
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From right: Jockey Club Steward Dr Donald K T Li, Dean of the HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Prof Lee Sum Ping and CUHK Dean of Medicine Prof Tai-fai Fok.
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Jockey Club Steward Dr Donald K T Li (6th left), Secretary for Food and Health Dr York Chow (7th left), the Cluba£į?s Executive Director, Charities, Douglas So (2nd right), Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Thomas Tsang (7th right), Chinese University Acting Vice-Chancellor and President Prof Benjamin Wah (5th right), Chair, Conference Organising Committee and Director, School of Public Health and Primary Care, Prof Sian Griffiths (3rd right), Dean of Medicine Prof Tai-fai Fok (3rd left) and other guests at the launching of the CUHK Jockey Club Community Primary Care Programme.
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Chinese University Acting Vice-Chancellor and President Prof Benjamin Wah (left) presents a souvenir to Jockey Club Steward Dr Donald K T Li (right).
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