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CADENZA Symposium 2008: Successful Ageing

10 Oct 2008

 

CADENZA: A Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors and the Faculty of Social Sciences of The University of Hong Kong will jointly present the ‘CADENZA Symposium 2008: Successful Ageing' on October 11-12, 2008 (Saturday - Sunday). This is the second symposium of the CADENZA project, a five-year, HK$380 million Jockey Club Initiative for Seniors designed to foster positive community attitudes toward older people and improve the quality of care and quality of life for Hong Kong elderly.

At the Symposium, 14 overseas and local renowned scholars and experts will enlighten the participants on the factors leading to successful ageing.  They include Professor Ann Bowling, Health Services Research, University College of London; Professor Shah Ebrahim, Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine of University of London; Professor Helen Bartlett, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Gippsland) of Monash University in Australia; Professor Catherine Tang, Deputy Head and Director, Clinical Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology of National University of Singapore; Dr Fung Hong, Cluster Chief Executive of Hospital Authority and Professor Jean Woo, Project Director, CADENZA.

The Symposium composes of four major themes:

1)     Definitions and Influence of Socioeconomic Factors, Gender and Health Service Provisions
2)     An Elder Friendly Environment
3)     Public Health Aspects of Population Ageing
4)     Legal and Financial Aspects of Population Ageing 

Members of the press are cordially invited to attend and details of the Opening Ceremony are as below:                                                                         

Date:        October 11, 2008 (Saturday)
Venue:      Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong  

Time:  
0915       Welcoming Remarks: Professor John G Malpas, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, The University of Hong Kong
0920     Opening Address: Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
0925     Officiating Address: Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung GBS, JP, Secretary for Labour and Welfare
0935     Souvenirs Presentation
0945     Keynote Address: Dr the Hon Leong Che-hung GBS JP, Chairman, Elderly Commission


The Symposium

Programme Rundown, Speakers' Biographies and Abstracts: available at

Notes to the Press

1. Interviews with speakers to be arranged upon request by press members.
2. For media enquiries, please contact:
Miss Erica Leung, CADENZA (Tel.: 2219 4479, email: ericale@hku.hk ) or
Miss Vanessa Sit, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU (Tel.: 2859 2983, email: vansit@hku.hk )