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Yan Chai Hospital

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Tsin Wan (with the meaning of “shallow bay”), the original name of Tsuen Wan, was a small town along the coast and hills of West New Territories with low population and poor transportation. The local residents mostly engaged with fishing and farming. In the mid-20th century, the Hong Kong Government planned to develop Tsuen Wan as one of the “Satellite Towns”. Since then, Tsuen Wan was developed rapidly. Influx of working labours and grassroots led to insatiable demand of medical facilities, as there was only one clinic in the district, the “Tsuen Wan Trade Association Residents Clinic”. Residents in Tsuen Wan could only go to Kowloon for better medical treatments. On 15 June 1959, Mr. Yip Tak-fan, the Chairman of Tsuen Wan Trade Association, proposed to build a local hospital to cope with increasing medical demands. He lined up local leaders and businessmen, Mr. Chow Kwan-shing, Mr. Hui Tim, Mr. Yau Tze-tin and Mr. Ho Chuen-yiu, and started the preparatory work for the establishment of Yan Chai Hospital. In early 1962, the Tsuen Wan Trade Association formed the "Organising Committee for the Founding of Yan Chai Hospital". Unfortunately, Mr. Yip Tak-fan fell sick from overwork and passed away on 25 August 1962. Mr. Deacon Chiu Te-kan was elected to the Chairman of the Tsuen Wan Trade Association and carried on Mr. Yip’s unfinished mission. In that period, Tsuen Wan Rural Committee provided great assistance for the establishment of Yan Chai Hospital.

Pok Oi Hospital

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Mission: 1) Service Oriented Providing quality services is our forefront responsibility. We take heed of the opinions and attend to the needs of our service users and their family members with the aim of providing comprehensive and quality services in a caring manner. 2) Holistic Participation Responding to the community needs. The community is our valued partner in the identification and development of innovative improvements to meet the real or imaginative needs of the changing society. 3) Continuous Improvement We seek out new ideas and modern technology to enhance service quality and efficiency, making best use of advanced information technology to achieve cost efficiency and effectiveness. 4) Professionalism We vehemently uphold professionalism and professional ethics and are determined to practise what we preach. 5) Right and Respect We affirm every service user’s dignity, value and right by familiarizing them with their personal rights, and in turn leading to their identification of their own needs and realization of self actualization, and in the end, commitment to the community. Vision: To be a charitable organization that: strives to provide diversified and quality services, maximizes on available resources, devotes to continuous improvement, and drives for innovative measures.

College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong, The

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The College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong was incorporated in February 1993 whose main objectives are: - to promote for the public benefit the advancement of knowledge in the field of Dental surgery and its associated subjects (Dental Surgery) - to act as an authoritative body for the purpose of consultation on matters of educational or public interest concerning Dental Surgery - to promote training and research in Dental Surgery

Hong Kong Society for HIV Medicine Limited

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This charity is aimed to advance knowledge and the practice of HIV medicine, to promote sharing and exchanges in the practice of HIV medicine, to advocate for quality HIV care and prevention and to disseminate research result to the public and promote training on HIV/AIDS. They conduct scientific meetings and educational activities for their members, health care professionals and staffs of non-governmental organizations to update knowledge in HIV Medicine.

Fred Hollows Foundation (HK) Limited, The

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The Fred Hollows Foundation works to prevent avoidable blindness by building capacity from village health centres to regional hospitals and national ophthalmological networks. We are now working in more than 25 locations globally. The Foundation’s vision is for a world where no person is needlessly blind or vision impaired.

Angel of Diabetic Limited

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Angel of Diabetic is a non-profit charity in Hong Kong that helps diabetics. The charity was founded by a diabetic and provides services, support, and guidance for diabetics. It was founded in 2007 and officially became a non-profit charity in 2009.