Po Leung Kuk social services turn a new page and bring innovative technology and new units to its beneficiaries

(26 March 2020, Hong Kong) Society is composed of people from different strata and communities, and the need for support varies among groups. This year, the Kuk’s new service units including elderly, rehabilitation and child care centres have been commissioned gradually to serve various parties and respond to the needs of Hong Kong today as a powerful backing for social development.   

Po Leung Kuk Tsuen Wan Day Care Centre for the Elderly has recently received a generous donation of HK$4.38 million from the family foundation of Mr Ching Nam MA, CStJ, JP, Chairman of Po Leung Kuk. Aiming at “incorporating technology and innovative thinking into service enhancement”, a variety of IT products will be added for bringing more considerate services to the elderly. As a gratitude to the fervent support of Chairman Mr MA, the centre is renamed after Mr MA’s parents as “Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming Ma Cheung Fook Sien Day Care Centre for the Elderly”.

Po Leung Kuk Ma Kam Ming Ma Cheung Fook Sien Day Care Centre for the Elderly is the largest single-block elderly day care centre in Hong Kong, offering 88 regular service places and providing comprehensive services including medical, rehabilitation and social activities to the elderly within the district. Several facilities will be added by the donation, for instance, the cloud computing health monitor will help enable family members to keep track of the elders’ health conditions; other equipment such as virtual reality lower limbs trainer and multi-sensory touchscreen simulator will also bring diversified, interesting yet user-friendly multi-sensory training to the elderly, thereby reducing their physical deterioration.

Chairman Mr Ching Nam MA is grateful to his parents – Dr Kam Ming MA, MBE, Chairman of Po Leung Kuk 1960-61, and his wife, and hopes to pass on their benevolence in lending a helping hand to the underprivileged groups and caring for the society. He also expresses that Po Leung Kuk will keep up its efforts in providing quality services and spreading more positive energy to the society in future.    

In addition, Po Leung Kuk has set up various social service units this year, among which the On Tai Rehabilitation Centre has commenced operation in year 2019/2020, mainly provides accommodation, nursing care and day care services to persons with severe disabilities, with a total service capacity of about 60 places. The Centre proactively promotes community education to enhance public awareness and understanding of the disabled and assist them to integrate into their own district. The Kuk currently operates 31 rehabilitation units in which 3 of them provides accommodations for persons with severe disabilities.

Po Leung Kuk also cooperated with the “Senior Citizen Residences Scheme” of Hong Kong Housing Society and established an integrated medical service unit – Po Leung Kuk Cheerful Court Integrated Health Centre. The Centre offers western medicine, Chinese medicine, dental service, physical examination and vaccination services with discounts for the elderly aged 65 or above.

Another new service unit – Po Leung Kuk So Uk Child Development Centre – has been opened in phases since December 2019. The Centre focuses on providing pre-school training and therapy services for children up to 6 years of age with special educational needs. A total of 90 service quotas of “Early Education and Training Centre” are generated in phase 1, and 30 places will be designated to the “Special Child Centre” which is scheduled to be launched in phase 2. In order to improve the effectiveness of training, the Centre has installed a number of high-end training equipment, so as to train up the cognitive ability, swallowing ability and fine-motor skills of the young children.  

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About Po Leung Kuk

Founded in 1878, Po Leung Kuk, as one of the largest charity organisations in Hong Kong, has been serving Hong Kong for 141 years with its objective of “Protecting the Young and the Innocent”(保赤安良). Currently, the Kuk has more than 300 units strategically located in Hong Kong and provides services in education, social welfare, recreation, culture and integrated health care. We have about 45,000 students in our schools and attend to more than 700,000 visits for services a year. For more information about Po Leung Kuk, please go to www.poleungkuk.org.hk.

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