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In the year 2011/12, the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council successfully nominated 43 partners in the business and public sectors (details as below) for the Caring Company Logo or the Caring Organization Logo awarded by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Representatives from these corporations attended the Recognition Ceremony held on 3 May 2012 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and visited the Council's booth in the Social Partnership Exhibition.   The Welfare Council would like to take the opportunity to extend its gratitude to all the corporations below for their important contributions to the community service and demonstration of corporate social responsibility. These are indeed the social capitals that add value to the quality and solidarity of our society.   For many years the Council has directed a lot of efforts towards the active promotion of social responsibility among business and public service corporations in Hong Kong, and in facilitating these corporations’ services to the community.  Over the years, the Council has established strategic partnership and closed collaboration with the business and public sectors in collaborative projects to help the disadvantaged.  Partnership projects include corporate volunteer programmes, donations in cash or in kind, job matching and referral, career expo, and programmes using the Council's professional training services.   For more information about the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Wlelfare Council's partnership projects, please contact the Public Relations and Communications Department. Tel: 2521 3457; email: ho@skhwc.org.hk   The Hong Kong Shen Kung Hui Welfare Council successfully nominated the following partners in the business and public sectors for the Caring Company Logo or the Caring Organization Logo.   1 A & S (HK) Logistics Ltd 2 A.G. Wilkinson & Associates 5+ 3 apm 5+ 4 AsiaWorld - Expo Management Limited 5 5 Automated Systems (HK) Limited 6 BioCycle (Hong Kong) Limited 7 Cathay Pacific Catering Services (H.K.) Ltd 5+ 8 Charterhouse Management Limited 5 9 China Aircraft Services Limited 10 10 CLP Power Hong Kong Limited 10 11 CNT Security Company Limited 12 DP World 13 Dynasty Financial Group Limited 14 E.P.S.A. Corporation Ltd 5 15 Fitmax Centre (HK) Limited 16 Fittec Electronics Company Limited 5+ 17 Health Concepts Limited 5+ 18 Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey Ltd. 5 19 Hong Kong Airport Services Ltd 5+ 20 Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd. 10 21 Junior Chamber International Sha Tin (Hong Kong) Limited 22 Karrie International Holdings Limited 5+ 23 Maxearn Limited 24 MTR Corporation 5+ 25 Nuance - Watson (HK) Limited 5+ 26 Owna Group International Limited 27 P. C. Woo & Co. 5+ 28 Pollution & Protection Services Ltd. 5 29 Ridgid Plumbing Limited 30 Rotary Club of Central 31 SALON GO AHEAD 5+ 32 Savills Guardian - Asia Protection Security Associates Ltd. 5+ 33 Savills Guardian - Security And Safety Limited 5 34 Simmons Bedding & Furniture (HK) Ltd. 5 35 SmarTone – Vodafone 10 36 Sunrise Charitable and Education Fund 5 37 Sunshine Lighting Limited 38 Super Star Group 5+ 39 The Royal Garden 5+ 40 Wings Trading (HK) Co. Ltd. 10 41 Worldwide Flight Services 5+ 42 Yee Hop Cleaning Co. 43 Yuen Long Plaza 5+   (Listed in alphabetical order) 5  Caring Company / Caring Organisation being awarded for five consecutive years 5+ Caring Company / Caring Organisation being awarded continuously for more than five years 10 Caring Company / Caring Organisation being awarded for ten consecutive years

From April 2009, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council received funding from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to launch a three-year integrated and multi-dimensional stroke rehabilitation programme, namely CADENZA Community Project: Transitional Care for Stroke Patients, in the Residential Care Home for the Elderly of Cheerful Court.  The project aims to maximise the effect of the “Golden Rehabilitation Period” and increase the chance of stroke patients to progress and recover.  The benefits to the community go beyond treating the stroke patients, because the services can alleviate the burden on the public sector.   The CADENZA Community Project: Transitional Care for Stroke Patients: “The Way Ahead” Sharing Session was held on 26 April 2012. Speakers included Elderly Commission Chairman Professor Alfred Chan, BBS, JP, Kowloon Hospital Head of Rehabilitation Dr Mandy Fung, CADENZA Project Director Professor Jean Woo and Research Assistant Dr Patsy Pui Hing Chau, and the Council’s Assistant Director Mr Joe Sham. About 150 delegates from the government, medical and social welfare sectors, non-government organizations, academic and professional bodies attended the sharing session.   The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Executive Manager, Charities, Ms Imelda Chan revealed that the Club donated over $3.75 million to the Council in 2009 to support the three-year CADENZA Community Project: Transitional Care for Stroke Patients. The successful launch of this project was attributed to the unfailing support of the Council, which has a history of over 40 years in providing social services, and in particular, shows strong commitment in elderly service. There has been continuous collaboration between the Club and the Council since 1974 to offer diversified services to various user groups such as children and youth, elderly and families.   The Council’s Director Dr Jane Lee said that launching innovative social services is always a main focus of the Council. The CADENZA Community Project not only offered integrated rehabilitation programmes to stroke patients, but also provided regular assessment on their recovery progress with scientific data, which could facilitate the design of more effective care plans for them.   In the sharing session, Professor Alfred Chan indicated that through the intensive rehabilitation programme conducted by a multidisciplinary team during the “Golden Rehabilitation Period”, transitional care could boost the recovery potential and progress of stroke patients.  Dr Mandy Fung revealed that stroke rehabilitation programmes aim to help patients re-integrate into normal family life and society. The multidisciplinary rehabilitation team should consolidate current community resources in order to bring forth the concept of total rehabilitation. Dr Patsy Pui Hing Chau quoted her research findings that the Project provided patients with one more choice of rehabilitation programme as the Project could strengthen patients’ physical function and cognitive ability just like what public hospital stroke rehabilitation service did.   Service users Dr Tsang Tim Lam, Kwok Fook Kan, Cheung Yiu Chung and Luk Wai Keung shared their recovery experiences after joining the Project. To face the changes and challenges caused by stroke, they said patients had to be brave and determined. support from family members was also important during their recovery progress. They also appreciated the care and encouragement given by the rehabilitation team helping them to re-integrate into society.  As Professor Alfred Chan said, the attitude of respecting lives was much more important than the use of advanced technology to help the patients, their families and the rehabilitation service team during the recovery period.

Four child care service units of the Council, namely, the St. Nicholas' Nursery School, the St. Simon's Leung King Nursery School, the St. Simon's Tai Hing Nursery School and the St. Thomas' Child Care Centre, have been accredited as International Safe Schools (2012-2017) by the Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC) and are designated as members of International Safe Schools Network of the WHO. The certificates were presented by Mr Conrad Wong Tin Cheung, JP, Chairman of the OSHC, in the "Forum of Occupational Health Award and Presentation Ceremony" on 29th February 2012.   The Council’s Tung Chung Nursery School has already been declared the first International Safe School in Hong Kong in 2009. Therefore, the Council has a total of five child care service units gaining this accreditation so far.   The Council has been actively supporting the WHO's concept of the "Safe Community".  A "Safe Community" is a community where people can live, work and play safely and healthily. "Safe Community" is an integrated approach to occupational safety and health promotion in Hong Kong to develop a safety culture in community level.     The objective of the International Safe Schools Program, under the framework of the WHO's Safe Community initiative, is to apply the best practices of proven injury prevention programs to protect the safety and health of teachers, staff, students and visitors in school environment.  Supported by the Council's resources on occupational safety and health and through the health and safety management system, its nursery schools, complemented by its special characteristics in terms of service and environment, has provided its pupils and teachers with a healthy, harmonious, and pleasant place for study and work.

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, visited Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Home of Loving Care for the Elderly and joined their celebration for the year of Dragon to share the joy of the Lunar New Year with about 100 elderly residents.   During the visit, Mr Cheung sang joyous New Year songs with the elderly residents and presented mandarins to them. He also expressed Lunar New Year greetings to two residents aged 103 and 100 and wished them good health and happiness. There were staff dressed up as the God of Wealth, various new year games and dance performed by the residents. At the end of the visit, the Assistant Director of the Council, Ms Chow Mee Tim and the resident committee members presented a red packets lantern made to Mr Cheung.   After the celebration activities, Mr Cheung exchanged views on elderly service with the Assistant Director and Service Director of the Council, Ms Chow Mee Tim and Ms Melissa Luk and toured the elderly home to find out their service and the challenges they encountered during operation. He appreciated their effort on providing qualitative service based on the elderly needs and also utilizing the resources wisely on the community medical and health care project which benefited the elderly who are waiting for the places in residential care homes a lot.

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