china everbright charitable foundation donates hk$1 million to lifeline express; the two organisations jointly hold a charity fund raising dinner
8 november 2013, china everbright charitable foundation and lifeline express, a hk-based charity organisation, jointly held the 16th anniversary celebration and annual fund raising dinner of lifeline express at the grand hyatt hotel. approximately 300 guests attended the dinner, including dr. ko wing-man, secretary for food and health of hong kong special administrative region, dr york chow yat-ngok, chairman of the equal opportunities commission, mr. chen shuang, executive director and ceo of china everbright limited, mr. eddy fong, former chairman of the securities and futures commission of hong kong, mrs. nellie fong, founding chairlady of lifeline express and mrs. rita fan hsu lai-tai, chairlady of lifeline express hong kong foundation.
during the event, mr. chen shuang handed over a cheque for hk$1 million to lifeline express on behalf of china everbright charitable foundation to support the work of the lifeline express hospital eye-trains.
the lifeline express hospital eye-train first embarked on its mission to provide free operations and treatment to cataract sufferers in china in july 1997. over the past 16 years, the hospital eye-trains have helped restore vision to more than 130,000 cataract patients in china by offering them free operations on the trains. lifeline express has also established training centres for ophthalmology microsurgery and cataract treatment centres in the rural areas of mainland china. moreover, lifeline express has introduced an international examination and other learning opportunities for the eye doctors in china, so as to improve their level of knowledge and adherence to the highest standards of practice.
china everbright limited, a listed financial institution in hong kong, has actively fulfilled its corporate social responsibilities in recent years and set up its charitable foundation in 2008. the company donated over hk$2.3 million to help victims of the wenchuan and qinghai earthquakes, and every year takes part in relief work in poverty-stricken regions of china. the china everbright charitable foundation worked closely with the caritas family crisis support centre in hong kong in 2009 to jointly launch the everbright project, which provides life planning and emotional support services for the middle classes. the foundation also supports long-term charitable causes such as the development programme for social work profession in the greater china region, which was launched in 2012 to help improve the professional skills of social workers in china and hong kong. china everbright charitable foundation will continue to work with charity organisations and will establish long-term operational mechanisms to care for both its employees and the environment. besides promoting the development of the company’s business, china everbright limited has established its staff volunteer team and will remain an active contributor to society.
during the event, mr. chen shuang handed over a cheque for hk$1 million to lifeline express on behalf of china everbright charitable foundation to support the work of the lifeline express hospital eye-trains.
the lifeline express hospital eye-train first embarked on its mission to provide free operations and treatment to cataract sufferers in china in july 1997. over the past 16 years, the hospital eye-trains have helped restore vision to more than 130,000 cataract patients in china by offering them free operations on the trains. lifeline express has also established training centres for ophthalmology microsurgery and cataract treatment centres in the rural areas of mainland china. moreover, lifeline express has introduced an international examination and other learning opportunities for the eye doctors in china, so as to improve their level of knowledge and adherence to the highest standards of practice.
china everbright limited, a listed financial institution in hong kong, has actively fulfilled its corporate social responsibilities in recent years and set up its charitable foundation in 2008. the company donated over hk$2.3 million to help victims of the wenchuan and qinghai earthquakes, and every year takes part in relief work in poverty-stricken regions of china. the china everbright charitable foundation worked closely with the caritas family crisis support centre in hong kong in 2009 to jointly launch the everbright project, which provides life planning and emotional support services for the middle classes. the foundation also supports long-term charitable causes such as the development programme for social work profession in the greater china region, which was launched in 2012 to help improve the professional skills of social workers in china and hong kong. china everbright charitable foundation will continue to work with charity organisations and will establish long-term operational mechanisms to care for both its employees and the environment. besides promoting the development of the company’s business, china everbright limited has established its staff volunteer team and will remain an active contributor to society.