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Press Corner
The Hong Kong Medical Association 90th
Anniversary Charity Concert for Beat Drugs Action
(21 July 2010)
The Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA)
and the HKMA Charitable Foundation (Foundation) will
hold a Charity Concert at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert
Hall on Saturday, 31 July 2010. The HKMA shall take
this opportunity to celebrate its 90th anniversary,
and at the same time, raise funds in support of its
beat drugs efforts.
Dr. TSE Hung Hing, the HKMA President
expressed that the Association was proud to have served
the Hong Kong community for the past 90 years. In celebrating
its anniversary, a series of activities would be organized,
some of them were meant to invite the publicˇ¦s participation.
The forthcoming one will be a public health education
function named ˇ§Beat Drug Stars Brighten the Communityˇ¨
to be held at Olympian City 2, on Sunday, 25 July 2010,
3:00-6:00 p.m. There would be a prize presentation ceremony
for the Drug Free Community Video and Poster Design
Competition; singing performance by Dr. CHAN Yee
Shing and the ATV Asian Million Stars; Chit-Chat
session by a number of specialist doctors, social workers,
parents and teachers on drug abuse issues; martial art,
dancing and band performance; game booths and medical
consultation counters. It would surely be a fruitful
afternoon. Friends of the press were cordially invited
to cover the event.
Dr. TSE continued that the HKMA would
once again bear all production and administration cost
of the charity concert on 31 July 2010. All donations
and related income from this charitable event would
be used for beating drugs. He urged the public to support
the concert by generous donation and together we helped
pave a healthy path in all possible ways for our younger
generation.
Dr. CHOW Pak Chin, Chairman of
the Foundation, echoed that it needs a united front
to combat the problem of ˇ§Drug Abuseˇ¨. He was pleased
that the Foundation was raising funds for the Beat Drugs
purpose. He recalled that the HKMA relied on government
funding in the past to carry out the community beat
drugs programme, resources were very limited. This fundraising
concert aimed at gaining financial support for more
cross disciplinary collaboration projects in beating
drugs, and most importantly, raising the awareness of
people from all walks of life on the gravity of the
issue. He looked forward to re-building a healthy and
harmonious society. Dr. CHOW thanked the Chief Executive
of the HKSAR, Director of the Liaison Office of the
Central People's Government in the HKSAR and Commissioner
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic
of China in the HKSAR for agreeing to support and attend
the Concert.
In view of the alarming statistics of
young drug abuse, the HKMA Beat Drugs Action Committee
(BDAC) was newly formed in March 2010. Dr. CHENG
Chi Man, Chairman of the BDAC, introduced that the
objective of the committee was to promote and coordinate
the beat drugs activities within the medical profession.
It would be looked after by designated staff to plan,
organize, coordinate and review beat drugs activities
involving doctors in order to strengthen the role of
the medical professions in the teamwork of beating drugs.
Upcoming work of the BDAC would include organizing beat
drugs courses and seminars; organizing in-depth hand-on
trainings; coordinating and evaluating the project between
the Home Affairs Department and the HKMA Community Networks;
piloting the use of group therapies in young drug abusers;
and providing public educations.
Two young ladies were invited to give
a brief sharing in the press conference. One of them
has tried very hard to resist the temptation from peers
and from abusing drugs, and is now returned to the right
track. The other one is actively helping the youngsters
to get rid of their bad habits and lead a healthy, normal
life.
Notes to editors:
The Hong Kong Medical
Association, founded in 1920, aims to bring together
Hong Kong's government, institutional, university and
private medical practitioners for an effective exchange
of views and co-ordination of efforts. The foremost
objective of the Association is to safeguard and promote
public health. The Association speaks collectively for
its members and aims to keep its members abreast of
medical ethics, issues and advances around the world.
In fulfilling these goals, the association hopes to
better serve the people of Hong Kong.
Enquiries : Ms. Candy YUEN
Tel : 2527 8285
Home Page : http://www.hkma.org
E-mail : hkma@hkma.org
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