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HKBU co-launches “Community Care Chinese Medicine Service” with Sino Group and Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation
4 February 2025
Sino Group, the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, and the School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University (“HKBU”) are committed to the well-being of underprivileged members of the community and have launched the “Community Care Chinese Medicine Service” programme. This initiative offers free Chinese medicine consultations and essential medications to members of the Community Living Room, aligning with its goal of enhancing health and quality of life by providing convenient and holistic support.
The “‘Community Care Chinese Medicine Service” was launched in mid-August 2024 at the Sham Shui Po and Hung Hom Community Living Rooms. The Chinese medicine team from the Clinical Division offers in-person consultations in the Community Living Rooms on a weekly basis, providing personalised health advice and Chinese medicine prescriptions tailored to each member's lifestyle, psychological condition, and body constitution. Medications are delivered directly to the Community Living Rooms so that members can collect them conveniently.
Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU, said, “The School of Chinese Medicine has an extensive Chinese medicine clinical network. With the donation support by Sino Group and the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, we can further expand our service locations, bringing our professional Chinese medicine services closer to the community and supporting the grassroots families. This initiative embodies HKBU’s spirit of helping the public with its expertise and benefiting more people in the community.”
The School is committed to advancing its community services and promoting the benefits of Chinese medicine, and looks forward to more collaborations in fostering a healthier community.
Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU (second right); Ms. Nikki Ng, Director of Philanthropy of Sino Group and Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation (second left); Professor Feng Sun, Director and Professor of Practice of the Clinical Division of SCM, HKBU (first right); and Professor Junjun Yang, Executive Associate Director and Professor of Practice of SCM, HKBU (first left)
The programme provides free outreach consultations and Chinese medicine prescriptions to members of the Sham Shui Po and Hung Hom Community Living Rooms.