In Enhancing Public Consciousness and Constructing a Caring and Inclusive Neighborhood
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 November 2021 – The ‘Hold Lung X HKYWCA “Love·No·Restrict” Dementia Pleasant Program – Neighborhood Inclusion Day’ co-organised by Hold Lung Properties Restricted (“Hold Lung Properties”, inventory code: 00101) and the Hong Kong Younger Girls’s Christian Affiliation (“HKYWCA”) was held at Amoy Plaza on November 13 2021. The occasion loved an enthusiastic response attracting greater than 2,000 individuals, together with households with aged relations with dementia as effectively as members of the broader neighborhood.
(From heart to proper) Mrs. Gwen Kao, Chairman of the Charles Ok. Kao Basis for Alzheimer’s Illness and Dr. Chiu Ha Ying, Governor and Govt Committee Member of the Charles Ok. Kao Basis for Alzheimer’s Illness, share insights into wanting after dementia sufferers with the general public
The “Dementia Pleasant Artwork Gallery” showcases the artworks created by seniors with dementia, demonstrating their extraordinary talents and particular person tales
The big-scale wing artwork exhibition entices the general public to take pictures
Officiating the occasion have been Ms. Koo Kwok Lai, Rebecca, District Social Welfare Officer (Kwun Tong) of the Social Welfare Division; Ms. Helen Lau, Deputy Director (Head of Hong Kong Enterprise Operations) of Hold Lung Properties; and from HKYWCA, Service Director (Aged Service) Mr. Chow Wah Tat, Kenneth, and Service Director (Youth & Neighborhood Service) Mr. Foster Lam. Mrs Gwen Kao, Chairman of the Charles Ok. Kao Basis for Alzheimer’s Illness and Dr. Chiu Ha Ying, Governor and Govt Committee Member of the Basis, have been additionally in attendance to share invaluable info about dementia signs and care of sufferers, to extend public consciousness of the wants of sufferers and carers within the hope of constructing a extra caring and inclusive neighborhood.
Ms. Helen Lau, Deputy Director (Head of Hong Kong Enterprise Operation) of Hold Lung Properties, mentioned, “Hold Lung Properties is dedicated to selling sustainable improvement in society and the surroundings. We’ve been responding to the wants of individuals in society and contributing to the well-being of the general public by a collection of ongoing sustainable neighborhood funding initiatives. Because the proportion of aged within the inhabitants has elevated, dementia has grow to be a difficulty of larger concern in recent times. In view of this, Hold Lung Properties and HKYWCA launched the “Love·No·Restrict” Dementia Pleasant Program, a three-year scheme which provides help to dementia sufferers and their carers. The Program supplies coaching to volunteers for participation in social companies and the availability of coaching for front-line employees in order that they will supply acceptable help to these in want of their each day work. By this collaboration, we hope to deepen public consciousness about dementia and have a constructive influence on the constructing of a various and inclusive neighborhood and the sustainable improvement of society”.
Ms. Koo Kwok Lai, Rebecca, District Social Welfare Officer (Kwun Tong) of Social Welfare Division, mentioned, “Dementia friendliness is a subject of rising concern in recent times. Given the getting older inhabitants, the variety of dementia sufferers in Hong Kong retains rising. Now is an efficient time for Hold Lung and HKYWCA to launch the “Love.No.Restrict” Dementia Pleasant Program, which may have a big useful influence on the neighborhood. Certainly, the Social Welfare Division has been dedicated to selling dementia friendliness locally by completely different means and to offering early intervention in addition to care companies to help sufferers. I’m glad to see that carers and energetic younger folks in Kwun Tong district, along with the dementia sufferers themselves, are becoming a member of the Neighborhood Inclusion Day. It is hoped that the Program might not solely broaden the attention of the younger, however additionally encourage folks to grow to be Dementia Buddies, in order that they are often extra understanding of the wants of dementia sufferers and be a part of palms for a extra inclusive neighborhood.”
Mr. Chow Wah Tat, Kenneth, Service Director (Aged Service) of the Hong Kong Younger Girls’s Christian Affiliation, mentioned, “We’re very happy to work along with Hold Lung Properties to lift public consciousness about mind well being and dementia in society, and to collectively promote a dementia-friendly neighborhood. HKYWCA has been offering a variety of companies in Hong Kong, with companies for the aged a key precedence. The ‘Love·No·Restrict’ Dementia Pleasant Program has been working for a yr and we’re joyful to see the constructive influence with greater than 900 in attendance benefitting from the companies supplied. We sincerely hope that the service may be prolonged to extra of these in want, in addition to to the general public, in order to construct an inclusive and compassionate neighborhood”.
On the “Neighborhood Inclusion Day” occasion, leaders of the Charles Ok. Kao Basis for Alzheimer’s Illness have been invited to attend the “Enduring Love” themed session to share experiences in regards to the remedy and care of the aged with dementia. A bunch of kindergarten college students, aged folks, youth volunteers, and Hold Lung volunteers delivered performances below the theme of selling inclusion throughout generations. The “Dementia Pleasant Artwork Gallery” on the venue additionally showcased artworks created by the aged with dementia to exhibit their completely different talents. Among the many reveals, a large-scale wing artwork set up narrates the tales of particular person dementia sufferers and their carers within the inserting of every colourful feather — a putting image of their means to soar excessive with their extraordinary expertise for artwork. As well as, the Jockey Membership Charles Kao Mind Well being Providers promotional car on the venue supplied free cognitive testing and mind well being consultations to the general public and referral companies for these in want.
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Hold Lung Properties Restricted (inventory code: 00101) creates compelling areas that enrich lives. Headquartered in Hong Kong, Hold Lung Properties develops and manages a diversified portfolio of world-class properties in Hong Kong and the 9 Mainland cities of Shanghai, Shenyang, Jinan, Wuxi, Tianjin, Dalian, Kunming, Wuhan and Hangzhou. With its luxurious positioning below the “66” model, the corporate’s Mainland portfolio has established its main place because the “Pulse of the Metropolis”. Hold Lung Properties is acknowledged for main the way in which in enhanced sustainability initiatives in actual property because it pursues sustainable development by connecting prospects and communities.
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