Jun 2007 |
Over 170 students from the Hong Kong
Institute of Vocational Education joined an eight-week summer internship
training programme in Beijing. Made possible through a Club donation of HK$4.87 million, the
three-year Jockey Club Summer Internship Programme for IVE Students is
designed to enhance students' understanding of the Mainland economy and
provide them with working opportunities in Mainland enterprises. This year's students were assigned to
36 different organisations in Beijing. |
Jun 2007 |
Twenty wheelchair-accessible
hire cars went into public service, courtesy of a HK$15 million Club donation
to the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation. Payment for using the seven-seater vehicles can be made by
Octopus card. The Club believes
that disabled or elderly residents with mobility problems should have equal
rights to enjoy convenient public transport facilities and increased
opportunities to make contact with the outside world. |
Jun 2007 |
Asia's first sign bilingualism and co-enrolment programme for deaf
students was launched by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with the help
of a HK$65 million grant from the Club. This innovative, seven-year research programme aims to break through
the traditional learning barriers experienced by children with hearing
impairments, who invariably are unable to acquire a full system of language
knowledge in either Chinese or English, resulting in low educational
attainment. Under this pilot
programme, hearing and deaf students are educated together in both spoken and
sign language, thus improving the language and communications skills of both
groups. |
May 2007 |
A challenging project that aims to break
old taboos by encouraging the public to give proper thought to the issues of
death, dying and bereavement, and thus prepare themselves better for the
inevitable, was launched with the help of a HK$20 million Club donation. The "Empowerment Network for
Adjustment to Bereavement and Loss in End-of-life" (ENABLE) project is being
organised by the Centre on Behavioral Health of The University of Hong Kong
and will provide training for healthcare workers and professionals in
handling bereavement issues, as well as public workshops and awareness
programmes. |
Apr 2007 |
Hong
Kong's entrepreneurial research and development activities received a major
boost with the opening of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Enterprise Center, funded
by a Club donation of HK$100 million. Comprising two five-storey
blocks extending from the campus of The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST) the
Center is equipped with dry and wet laboratories and other facilities related
to applied research and development, technology transfer, commercialisation,
and executive and professional development programmes, as well as office
space and lecture theatres. |
Mar 2007 |
To celebrate the 35th staging
of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and promote arts culture to Hong Kong's young
people, the Club and the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society invited over 1,500 local
teenagers to watch one of the festival's major international performances
free of charge, giving many of them their first opportunity to appreciate a
top-class cultural performance. The chosen event was The Great Mass presented by the renowned
Leipzig Ballet. The Club was a
founding funder of the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 1974 and has since
contributed over HK$125 million to support this event. |
Mar 2007 |
Over 400 pieces of artwork created by local students went on display
at The Hong Kong Racing Museum in The Hong Kong Jockey Club 100% Red
Visual Arts Exhibition, part of a project funded by the Club and
organised by Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation to enhance the public's
understanding of traditional Chinese culture and contemporary Chinese art. Illustrating a variety of techniques
including ink painting, paper cutting, character creation, poster design and
natural dyeing, the art pieces were selected from works created by over 4,000
students at 90 schools. |
Mar 2007 |
Hong Kong's sixth Life Education Centre - a mobile classroom showing
primary students the advantages of a healthy lifestyle and the dangers of
substance abuse - was put into operation by the Life Education Activity
Programme (LEAP), thanks to a HK$1.5 million Club donation. The new Centre brings to life the
importance of maintaining good mental and physical health through illuminated
models of the human body and animations of the digestive, circulatory and
nervous systems. Later in the
month, the Jockey Club Anti-Drug Preventive Education Centre was opened by
the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers at Shek Kwu Chau
funded by a HK$25 million Club grant. It comprises an Anti-Drug Exhibition Hall and an AIDS Education Hall. |
Jan 2007 |
As a unique
way of promoting respect for the elderly among Hong Kong's young people, the
Club joined forces with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to organise the
29th annual staging of RTHK's Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award ceremony. This innovative partnership was
designed to tie in with CADENZA, the HK$380 million Club-initiated project
launched in 2006 to revolutionise the way Hong Kong views and cares for its
growing elderly population. Each
young person attending was encouraged to bring along a senior as companion,
in order to strengthen communication and understanding between the
generations. The event also
marked the debut of a specially-written new song called CADENZA. |
Dec 2006 |
The Jockey
Club Lutheran Home for the Elderly, a high quality new nursing home at Ho Man
Tin, was officially opened by the Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service with the
support of a HK$16 million Club grant. The 100-bed facility operates on a non-profit, self-financing mode,
serving mainly frail elderly people from middle-income families, who need
both nursing and intensive personal care. It offers a wide range of holistic care as well as various
value-added services including physiotherapy, counselling and 24-hour
professional nursing care. |
Nov 2006 |
Pledging to continue working for the betterment of society as they
enter the next chapter of their lives, a group of 24 civic-minded university
students celebrated their graduation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship
Scheme, the sixth batch to do so since the Scheme's inauguration in
1998. The Scholars, including
seven from the Mainland, are all graduates from one of Hong Kong's eight
tertiary institutions or The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. They will have a ready-made channel
for continuing their community work through the Jockey Club Scholars Alumni
Association, launched in 2001 with the Club's support. |
Nov 2006 |
The Jockey Club Harmony Link Domestic Violence Prevention Centre, a
new facility at Kowloon's Lok Wah South Estate, opened its doors with the aim
of spearheading an innovative and multi-faceted approach to dealing with
domestic violence issues. The
various services provided by the centre combine therapy, prevention and
outreach programmes which together aim to minimise the impact of family
violence on its victims, especially children. The Club has donated HK$16.7 million to Harmony House, a
charity working in this very important field, to renovate the building and
operate its services for three years. |
Oct 2006 |
The third
phase of a student hostel development project at the City University of Hong
Kong was officially opened, courtesy of a HK$125 million Club grant that has
now helped provide accommodation, study and leisure facilities for over 2,800
students in total. The latest
phase comprises two new hostel blocks offering some 600 bed places plus a
multi-function hall. One of the
hostel blocks has been named the "Jockey Club Harmony Hall", reflecting
the Club's aim of enabling the university to accept more students from abroad
and thus promote the blending of cultures. |
Sep 2006 |
The Hong Kong
Jockey Club Institute of Chinese Medicine released the Encyclopedia of
Contemporary Medicinal Plants, an authoritative and invaluable new
resource for anyone interested in Chinese medicine. The book includes descriptions of research into the
chemical elements contained in various plants, the latest pharmacological
findings, photos of 800 original herbs and medicines, and details of clinical
practices and future developments. The Club donated HK$500 million in 2001 to establish the Institute in
partnership with Government, aiming to establish Hong Kong as an international
centre for Chinese medicine. |
Sep 2006 |
A five-year project was launched to help
students with specific learning difficulties develop their full
potential. About 10% of Hong
Kong schoolchildren suffer from specific learning difficulties of which
dyslexia accounts for 80% of cases. Most support programmes developed in western countries are not readily
adaptable for Hong Kong as Chinese is a non-alphabetic language. The Club has therefore donated HK$153.7
million to develop tailor-made support programmes for affected local
students. "READ &
WRITE: A Jockey Club Learning Support Network" is being implemented by a
multi-disciplinary team steered by the University of Hong Kong with support
from the Education and Manpower Bureau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
the Heep Hong Society and the Society of Boys' Centres. |
Jul 2006 |
Two
Club-funded redevelopment projects opened within 48 hours, both addressing
community needs heightened by the city's changing demographics. The Sister Annie Skau Nursing Home in
Tseung Kwan O meets the growing demand from frail elderly people who can
afford to pay a cost-related fee in return for quality services. The Caritas Community Centre in
Aberdeen provides skills training, medical, community care and youth outreach
services in an area that has seen dramatic population growth since the Centre
opened in 1962. The Club's grant
has enabled one of its two blocks to be redeveloped to include a hostel,
restaurant, library, community hall and dental clinic. |
Jul 2006 |
Over 500
pieces of artwork created by disabled young people went on display at The
Hong Kong Racing Museum in an three-month exhibition called "Exploration
- The Hong Kong Jockey Club Arts for the Disabled Scheme". They were selected from works by some
5,500 physically or mentally disabled students from special schools or
childcare centres participating in the School-based Arts Project of the
Jockey Club Arts for the Disabled Scheme. The works were displayed in six themed "fun zones",
giving visitors the opportunity to share the imaginations of these young people
and thus facilitate communications and understanding. Over 15,000 people have
benefited from the Arts for the Disabled Scheme since 2003. |
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