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Peter Lee - Care for Suicide Survivor Project “Dialogue for Life” & Cheque Presentation Ceremony

11 Jul 2007

 

Mr. Peter K. K. Lee, Chairman of Henderson China Properties Limited, has donated to HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU for a project entitled "Peter Lee - Care for Suicide Survivor Project". Mr. Lee and Ms. Sally Wu, Deputy Head of Phoenix InfoNews Channel, will share their view on life and suicide prevention in a session entitled "Dialogue for Life". Before this, a cheque presentation ceremony will be held.

Date: Friday, 13^th July 2007

Time: 4:45pm-5:30pm

Place: MG07, Main Building, HKU

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the ceremony and "Dialogue for Life". The programme rundown is provided as follow:

Programmes:
4:45pm-4:48pm        Welcoming remark
                                Professor Ian Holliday
                                Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
4:48pm-4:55pm        Introduction to the project
                                Dr. Paul Yip
                                HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention,
                                Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
4:55pm-4:58pm        Acknowledgement
                                Professor Lap-Chee Tsui,
                                Vice-Chancellor, HKU
4:58pm-5:00pm        Cheque presentation and group photo
                                Mr. Peter K. K. Lee,
                                  Chairman of Henderson China Properties Limited 
                                Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice-Chancellor, HKU 
                                Professor Ian Holliday, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
                                Dr. Paul Yip, Director of CSRP, HKU
5:00pm-5:03pm        Souvenir presentation 
                                Presented by Professor Lap-Chee Tsui to Mr. Peter Lee 
                                Presented by Professor Ian Holliday to Ms. Sally Wu
5:03pm-5:20pm        Dialogue for Life (conducted in Chinese)
                               Mr. Peter K. K. Lee,
                               Chairman of Henderson China Properties Limited
                               Ms. Sally Wu, Deputy Head of Phoenix InfoNews Channel
5:20pm-5:30pm        Refreshment

Enquiry: Mr. Fu (Tel: 2241-5016)

About the Project

This project aims at studying the physical and psychological needs of suicide survivor and the efficacy of the service provisions tailored for them, including onsite immediate counseling, short-term counseling and referral. This project also provides trainings to frontline professionals who are responsible for caring suicide survivor for better service quality.

About CSRP

CSRP has committed to generate, disseminate, and apply knowledge and skills in suicide prevention through research, training and resource production. The Centre aims at developing effective preventive measures of suicide as well as building evidence-based indigenous working models through practitioner-researcher collaboration. It is the ultimate goal of the Centre to contribute to the formulation of social and health policies in dealing with the problem of suicide.